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Where does “ficticius” come from?

ficticius (Late Latin) comes from Latin fictus, from Latin fīgere, from Proto-Indo-European dʰēygʷ-.

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-—

Words derived from “ficticius”

  • fittizio
  • fittiziamente
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