Where does “ficher” come from?

ficher (French) comes from Old French fichier, from Vulgar Latin *fīgicāre, from Latin fīgō, from Proto-Italic feigʷō — to insert; to fasten.

ficher (French): to plug in; to drive something in by its point,...

Definitions

  1. to plug in; to drive something in by its point,...

Ancestry of “ficher”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfichierto pierce
2Vulgar Latin*fīgicāre
3Latinfīgōto fasten, fix
4Proto-Italicfeigʷōto insert; to fasten

Words derived from “ficher

Every word from Proto-Italic feigʷō