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Where does “fìggia” come from?

fìggia (Ligurian) comes from Latin fīlia, from Latin fīlius, from Old Latin fīlios, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁y-li-os, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)- — to suckle, nurse.

fìggia (Ligurian): daughter; girl

Definitions

  1. daughter; girl

Ancestry of “fìggia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfīlia—
2Latinfīlius—
3Old Latinfīlios—
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁y-li-ossucker
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁(y)-to suckle, nurse

Words derived from “fìggia”

  • figiónn-a
  • figétta
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