Where does “Feigenbaum” come from?

Feigenbaum (German) comes from German feige, from Middle High German vīge, from Old High German fīga, from Old French figue, from Occitan figa, from Old Occitan figa, from Vulgar Latin fica, from Latin ficus — Ripe fig.

Feigenbaum (German): fig

Definitions

Ancestry of “Feigenbaum”, step by step

Feigenbaum traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German feige

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	German	feige	cowardly, yellow; cowardly
2	Middle High German	vīge	fig fruit
3	Old High German	fīga	fig
4	Old French	figue	fig
5	Occitan	figa	fig
6	Old Occitan	figa	fig
7	Vulgar Latin	fica	fig; fig, fig-tree
8	Latin	ficus	fig tree; fig; hemorrhoids
9	Phoenician	??	Ripe fig

via German baum

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	German	baum	tree
2	Middle High German	boum	tree
3	Old High German	boum	tree, beam
4	Proto-West Germanic	baum	tree; beam
5	Proto-Germanic	baumaz	Alternative form of *bagmaz; tree, beam, balk;...
6	Proto-Indo-European	bʰew-	to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...

Words derived from “Feigenbaum”

Feigenbaum

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