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