Where does “fígado” come from?

fígado (Portuguese) comes from Late Latin ficatum, from Latin fīcātum, from Latin iecur, from Proto-Italic jekʷor, from Proto-Indo-European Hyékʷr̥ — liver.

fígado (Portuguese): liver organ of human or animal

Definitions

  1. liver organ of human or animal

Ancestry of “fígado”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinficatumliver; liver, from an animal fattened on figs;...
2Latinfīcātumliver (from an animal fattened on figs); foie gras
3Latiniecurliver; the seat of the soul; the seat of the...
4Proto-Italicjekʷorliver
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanHyékʷr̥liver

Words derived from “fígado”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hyékʷr̥ →Every word from Proto-Italic jekʷor →Every word from Latin iecur →
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