Where does “fissar” come from?

fissar (Occitan) comes from Vulgar Latin *fīctiare, from Latin fictus, from Latin fīgere, from Proto-Indo-European dʰēygʷ- — to stick into, pierce.

fissar (Occitan): to sting

Definitions

  1. to sting

Ancestry of “fissar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latin*fīctiare
2Latinfictusfeigned, fictitious, false, counterfeit, having...
3Latinfīgere
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰēygʷ-to stick into, pierce
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰēygʷ-Every word from Latin fīgereEvery word from Latin fictus
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