Where does “fictio” come from?

fictio (Latin) comes from Latin fingere, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ- — to knead; to form, to shape.

fictio (Latin): fashioning, forming, formation; fiction

Definitions

  1. fashioning, forming, formation; fiction

Ancestry of “fictio”, step by step

fictio traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin fingere

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfingeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeyǵʰ-to knead; to form, to shape

via Latin fingō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfingōto shape, fashion, form, knead (dough)
2Proto-Italic*fingōto knead, form

Words derived from “fictio”

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