Where does “fichu” come from?

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

fichu (French): fichu; scarf, headscarf; lousy, rotten, hell of a

Definitions

  1. fichu; scarf, headscarf; lousy, rotten, hell of a

Ancestry of “fichu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchficherto plug in; to drive something in by its point,...
2Old Frenchfichierto pierce
3Vulgar Latin*fīgicāre—
4Latinfīgōto fasten, fix
5Proto-Italicfeigʷōto insert; to fasten

Words derived from “fichu”

Every word from Proto-Italic feigʷō →Every word from Latin fīgō →Every word from Vulgar Latin *fīgicāre →