Where does “futurefic” come from?
futurefic (English) comes from English fic, from English fanfic, from English fan fiction, from English fiction, from Middle English ficcioun, from Old French ficcion, from Latin fictio, from Latin -tiō — limestone; chalk; the finish line.
futurefic (English): A fanfic set in the future relative to the time...
Definitions
- A fanfic set in the future relative to the time...
Ancestry of “futurefic”, step by step
futurefic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fic | A fictional story set within a preexisting... |
| 2 | English | fanfic | fan fiction; a work of fan fiction |
| 3 | English | fan fiction | Amateur fiction created by fans, incorporating... |
| 4 | English | fiction | Literary type using invented or imaginative... |
| 5 | Middle English | ficcioun | An invention or fabrication |
| 6 | Old French | ficcion | dissimulation, ruse, invention |
| 7 | Latin | fictio | fashioning, forming, formation; fiction |
| 8 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 9 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 10 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 11 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 12 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 13 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 14 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |