Where does “afichier” come from?

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

afichier (Old French): to fasten; to affirm; to confirm

Definitions

  1. to fasten; to affirm; to confirm

Ancestry of “afichier”, step by step

afichier traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French ficher

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

via Old French fichier

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfichierto pierce
2Vulgar Latin*fīgicāre
3Latinfīgōto fasten, fix
4Proto-Italicfeigʷōto insert; to fasten

Words derived from “afichier

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éadEvery word from Latin -oEvery word from Latin -ico