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Where does “fīc” come from?

fīc (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic fīkaz, from Latin ficus, from Phoenician ?? — Ripe fig.

fīc (Old English): fig, fig-tree, fig-disease, venereal ulcer,...

Definitions

  1. fig, fig-tree, fig-disease, venereal ulcer,...

Ancestry of “fīc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicfīkaz—
2Latinficusfig tree; fig; hemorrhoids
3Phoenician??Ripe fig

Words derived from “fīc”

  • fike
  • fyke
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