Where does “affiche” come from?
affiche (French) comes from French afficher, from Old French afichier, from Old French ficher, from Vulgar Latin ficcare, from Latin ficco, from Latin figico, from Latin -ico, from Latin -o.
affiche (French): poster; placard; sign
Definitions
- poster; placard; sign
Ancestry of “affiche”, step by step
affiche traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French afficher
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | afficher | to put up; to display; to show |
| 2 | Old French | afichier | to fasten; to affirm; to confirm |
| 3 | Old French | ficher | to fasten, fix, settle in |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | ficcare | — |
| 5 | Latin | ficco | I fasten, put; I stay, become |
| 6 | Latin | figico | I fasten, put, become |
| 7 | Latin | -ico | forms regular first-conjugation verbs, sometimes... |
| 8 | Latin | -o | forms masculine agent nouns, positive and... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -ōd | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -éad | — |