Where does “sickfic” come from?
sickfic (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.
sickfic (English): A fanfic which focuses on a character dealing...
Definitions
- A fanfic which focuses on a character dealing...
Ancestry of “sickfic”, step by step
sickfic 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 |
via English sick
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sick | In poor health; ill; Having an urge to vomit;... |
| 2 | English | sic | Thus; thus written; To mark with a bracketed sic;... |
| 3 | English | seek | To try to find; to look for; to search for; To... |
| 4 | Middle English | seke | Alternative form of seken |
| 5 | Old English | sēċan | to seek or inquire about |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | sōkijan | to seek, to look for |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | sōkijaną | to seek, look for |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | séh₂gyeti | to give a sign |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | seh₂g- | to seek out |