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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—
3Latinfīgō—
4Proto-Italicfeigʷōto insert; to fasten

Words derived from “ficher”

  • fiche
  • fisher cat
  • fichaje
  • fichar
  • ficha
  • fiche
  • фишка
  • mégafichier
  • fichu
  • enficher
  • fichier
  • infichu
  • fiche
  • ficha
  • fitxer
  • fitxa
  • fichebak
  • fiche
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