Etymology Explorer
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Where does “fit” come from?
fit (Low German) comes from Latin ficus, from Phoenician ?? — Ripe fig.
fit
(Low German): abscess
Definitions
abscess
Ancestry of “fit”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
ficus
fig tree; fig; hemorrhoids
2
Phoenician
??
Ripe fig
Words derived from “fit”
whitlow
whitflaw
whitlowwort
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