Where does “fito” come from?

fito (Galician) comes from Latin fictus, from Latin fīgere, from Proto-Indo-European dʰēygʷ- — to stick into, pierce.

fito (Galician): planted; firmly inserted in the ground; fixed;...

Definitions

  1. planted; firmly inserted in the ground; fixed;...

Ancestry of “fito”, step by step

fito traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin fictus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfictusfeigned, fictitious, false, counterfeit, having...
2Latinfīgere—
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰēygʷ-to stick into, pierce

via Old Portuguese fito

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesefito—

Words derived from “fito”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰēygʷ- →Every word from Latin fīgere →Every word from Latin fictus →