Where does “ficha” come from?

ficha (Portuguese) comes from French fiche, from French ficher, from Old French fichier, from Vulgar Latin *fīgicāre, from Latin fīgō, from Proto-Italic feigʷō — to insert; to fasten.

ficha (Portuguese): record, file; index card; sheet; form; handout

Definitions

  1. record, file; index card; sheet; form; handout

Ancestry of “ficha”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfichecard; plug; first-person singular present...
2Frenchficherto plug in; to drive something in by its point,...
3Old Frenchfichierto pierce
4Vulgar Latin*fīgicāre—
5Latinfīgōto fasten, fix
6Proto-Italicfeigʷōto insert; to fasten

Words derived from “ficha”

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