Where does “ficatum” come from?

ficatum (Late Latin) comes from Latin fīcātum, from Latin iecur, from Proto-Italic jekʷor, from Proto-Indo-European Hyékʷr̥ — liver.

ficatum (Late Latin): liver; liver, from an animal fattened on figs;...

Definitions

  1. liver; liver, from an animal fattened on figs;...

Ancestry of “ficatum”, step by step

ficatum traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin fīcātum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfīcātumliver (from an animal fattened on figs); foie gras
2Latiniecurliver; the seat of the soul; the seat of the...
3Proto-Italicjekʷorliver
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanHyékʷr̥liver

via Latin [[iecur]] [[fīcātum]]

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin[[iecur]] [[fīcātum]]—

Words derived from “ficatum”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hyékʷr̥ →Every word from Proto-Italic jekʷor →Every word from Latin iecur →