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
- record, file; index card; sheet; form; handout
Ancestry of “ficha”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | fiche | card; plug; first-person singular present... |
| 2 | French | ficher | to plug in; to drive something in by its point,... |
| 3 | Old French | fichier | to pierce |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | *fīgicāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | fīgō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | feigʷō | to insert; to fasten |