Where does “forficare” come from?
forficare (Late Latin) comes from Latin forfico, from Latin forfex, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrdʰ-.
Ancestry of “forficare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | forfico | — |
| 2 | Latin | forfex | pair of shears or scissors |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰrdʰ- | — |
Words derived from “forficare”