Where does “figueira” come from?
figueira (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese figueira, from Latin ficaria, from Latin ficus, from Phoenician ?? — Ripe fig.
figueira (Galician): fig tree
Ancestry of “figueira”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | figueira | — |
| 2 | Latin | ficaria | inflection of fīcārius:
## nominative/vocative... |
| 3 | Latin | ficus | fig tree; fig; hemorrhoids |
| 4 | Phoenician | ?? | Ripe fig |