Where does “ficat” come from?

ficat (Romanian) comes from Latin fīcātum, from Latin iecur, from Proto-Italic jekʷor, from Proto-Indo-European Hyékʷr̥ — liver.

ficat (Romanian): liver

Definitions

  1. liver

Ancestry of “ficat”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ficat”

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