Where does “fisher cat” come from?

fisher cat (English) comes from French fiche, from French ficher, from Old French fichier, from Vulgar Latin *fīgicāre, from Latin fīgō, from Proto-Italic feigʷō — to insert; to fasten.

fisher cat (English): A North American carnivorous mammal of the...

Definitions

  1. A North American carnivorous mammal of the...

Ancestry of “fisher cat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfichecard; plug; first-person singular present...
2Frenchficherto plug in; to drive something in by its point,...
3Old Frenchfichierto pierce
4Vulgar Latin*fīgicāre—
5Latinfīgōto fasten, fix
6Proto-Italicfeigʷōto insert; to fasten
Every word from Proto-Italic feigʷō →Every word from Latin fīgō →Every word from Vulgar Latin *fīgicāre →