Where does “ficar” come from?

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

ficar (Portuguese): to become; to get; to end up

Definitions

  1. to become; to get; to end up

Ancestry of “ficar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseficar—
2Vulgar Latin*fīgicāre—
3Latinfīgōto fasten, fix
4Proto-Italicfeigʷōto insert; to fasten

Words derived from “ficar”

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