Where does “ficelage” come from?

ficelage (French) comes from French ficeler, from French ficelle, from Latin filicella, from Latin fīlum, from Proto-Italic fī(s)lom, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-.

ficelage (French): tying

Definitions

  1. tying

Ancestry of “ficelage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchficelerto tie up, to truss
2Frenchficelletwine; Form of ficeler
3Latinfilicella—
4Latinfīlumthread, string, filament, fiber
5Proto-Italicfī(s)lom—
6Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷʰiH-(s-)lo-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰiH-(s-)lo- →Every word from Proto-Italic fī(s)lom →Every word from Latin fīlum →