Where does “figer” come from?
figer (Middle English) comes from Old French figier, from Latin ficarius, from Latin ficus, from Phoenician ?? — Ripe fig.
figer (Middle English): A fig tree
Ancestry of “figer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | figier | — |
| 2 | Latin | ficarius | fig |
| 3 | Latin | ficus | fig tree; fig; hemorrhoids |
| 4 | Phoenician | ?? | Ripe fig |