Where does “fi” come from?

fi (Old French) comes from Latin fi, from Latin facio, from Proto-Italic fakjō, from Proto-Italic *θakjō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁k-yé-ti, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

Ancestry of “fi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfipah!, pooh!, foh!, bah!, an expression of...
2LatinfacioI do; I make, construct, fashion, frame, build,...
3Proto-Italicfakjōto make
4Proto-Italic*θakjō—
5Proto-Indo-European*dʰh₁k-yé-ti—
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

Words derived from “fi”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁k-yé-ti →Every word from Proto-Italic *θakjō →