Where does “afichail” come from?

afichail (Old French) comes from Old French afichier, from Old French ficher, from Vulgar Latin ficcare, from Latin ficco, from Latin figico, from Latin -ico, from Latin -o, from Proto-Italic -ōd.

afichail (Old French): fastener

Definitions

  1. fastener

Ancestry of “afichail”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchafichierto fasten; to affirm; to confirm
2Old Frenchficherto fasten, fix, settle in
3Vulgar Latinficcare
4LatinficcoI fasten, put; I stay, become
5LatinfigicoI fasten, put, become
6Latin-icoforms regular first-conjugation verbs, sometimes...
7Latin-oforms masculine agent nouns, positive and...
8Proto-Italic-ōd
9Proto-Indo-European-éad
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éadEvery word from Latin -oEvery word from Latin -ico