Where does “fīga” come from?
fīga (Old High German) comes from Old French figue, from Occitan figa, from Old Occitan figa, from Vulgar Latin fica, from Latin ficus, from Phoenician ?? — Ripe fig.
Ancestry of “fīga”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | figue | fig |
| 2 | Occitan | figa | fig |
| 3 | Old Occitan | figa | fig |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | fica | fig; fig, fig-tree |
| 5 | Latin | ficus | fig tree; fig; hemorrhoids |
| 6 | Phoenician | ?? | Ripe fig |
Words derived from “fīga”