Where does “figa” come from?
figa (Occitan) comes from Old Occitan figa, from Vulgar Latin fica, from Latin ficus, from Phoenician ?? — Ripe fig.
figa (Occitan): fig
Ancestry of “figa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Occitan | figa | fig |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | fica | fig; fig, fig-tree |
| 3 | Latin | ficus | fig tree; fig; hemorrhoids |
| 4 | Phoenician | ?? | Ripe fig |