Where does “fichier” come from?

fichier (Old French) comes from Vulgar Latin *fīgicāre, from Latin fīgō, from Proto-Italic feigʷō — to insert; to fasten.

fichier (Old French): to pierce

Definitions

  1. to pierce

Ancestry of “fichier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latin*fīgicāre—
2Latinfīgōto fasten, fix
3Proto-Italicfeigʷōto insert; to fasten

Words derived from “fichier”

Every word from Proto-Italic feigʷō →Every word from Latin fīgō →Every word from Vulgar Latin *fīgicāre →