Etymology Explorer
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Where does “figueira” come from?
figueira (Old Portuguese) comes from Latin ficaria, from Latin ficus, from Phoenician ?? — Ripe fig.
Ancestry of “figueira”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
ficaria
inflection of fīcārius: ## nominative/vocative...
2
Latin
ficus
fig tree; fig; hemorrhoids
3
Phoenician
??
Ripe fig
Words derived from “figueira”
figueira
figueira
figueiredo
Figueira da Foz
figueiral
Figueira
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