Where does “fèjo” come from?

fèjo (Franco-Provençal) comes from Vulgar Latin *fĭtĭcum, from Late Latin ficatum, from Latin fīcātum, from Latin iecur, from Proto-Italic jekʷor, from Proto-Indo-European Hyékʷr̥ — liver.

fèjo (Franco-Provençal): liver

Definitions

  1. liver

Ancestry of “fèjo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latin*fĭtĭcum—
2Late Latinficatumliver; liver, from an animal fattened on figs;...
3Latinfīcātumliver (from an animal fattened on figs); foie gras
4Latiniecurliver; the seat of the soul; the seat of the...
5Proto-Italicjekʷorliver
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanHyékʷr̥liver
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hyékʷr̥ →Every word from Proto-Italic jekʷor →Every word from Latin iecur →