Where does “microfiche” come from?
microfiche (French) comes from French fiche, from French ficher, from Old French fichier, from Vulgar Latin *fīgicāre, from Latin fīgō, from Proto-Italic feigʷō — to insert; to fasten.
Ancestry of “microfiche”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | fiche | card; plug; first-person singular present... |
| 2 | French | ficher | to plug in; to drive something in by its point,... |
| 3 | Old French | fichier | to pierce |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | *fīgicāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | fīgō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | feigʷō | to insert; to fasten |
Words derived from “microfiche”