Where does “figue” come from?
figue (French) comes from Old French figue, from Occitan figa, from Old Occitan figa, from Vulgar Latin fica, from Latin ficus, from Phoenician ?? — Ripe fig.
figue (French): fig
Ancestry of “figue”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | figue | fig |
| 2 | Occitan | figa | fig |
| 3 | Old Occitan | figa | fig |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | fica | fig; fig, fig-tree |
| 5 | Latin | ficus | fig tree; fig; hemorrhoids |
| 6 | Phoenician | ?? | Ripe fig |
Words derived from “figue”