Where does “figuier” come from?
figuier (French) comes from French figue, from Old French figue, from Occitan figa, from Old Occitan figa, from Vulgar Latin fica, from Latin ficus, from Phoenician ?? — Ripe fig.
figuier (French): fig tree
Ancestry of “figuier”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | figue | fig |
| 2 | Old French | figue | fig |
| 3 | Occitan | figa | fig |
| 4 | Old Occitan | figa | fig |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | fica | fig; fig, fig-tree |
| 6 | Latin | ficus | fig tree; fig; hemorrhoids |
| 7 | Phoenician | ?? | Ripe fig |