Where does “fișiu” come from?

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

fișiu (Romanian): fichu

Definitions

  1. fichu

Ancestry of “fișiu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfichufichu; scarf, headscarf; lousy, rotten, hell of a
2Frenchficherto plug in; to drive something in by its point,...
3Old Frenchfichierto pierce
4Vulgar Latin*fīgicāre—
5Latinfīgōto fasten, fix
6Proto-Italicfeigʷōto insert; to fasten
Every word from Proto-Italic feigʷō →Every word from Latin fīgō →Every word from Vulgar Latin *fīgicāre →