Where does “ficticius” come from?

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

ficticius (Late Latin): feigned, artificially produced

Definitions

  1. feigned, artificially produced

Ancestry of “ficticius”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ficticius”

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