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.
fīga (Old High German): fig
Definitions
- fig
Ancestry of “fīga”, step by step
fīga traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French figue
| 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 |
via Proto-West Germanic *fīgā
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | *fīgā | fig |