Where does “фиговый” come from?
фиговый (Russian) comes from Russian фи́га, from Polish figa, from Middle High German vīge, from Old High German fīga, from Old French figue, from Occitan figa, from Old Occitan figa, from Vulgar Latin fica — Ripe fig.
фиговый (Russian): fig; lousy, rubbishy; Фиго́вый из тебя́ пло́тник....
Definitions
- fig; lousy, rubbishy; Фиго́вый из тебя́ пло́тник....
Ancestry of “фиговый”, step by step
фиговый traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian фи́га
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | фи́га | fig |
| 2 | Polish | figa | common fig, Ficus carica; nothing, nil, zilch;... |
| 3 | Middle High German | vīge | fig fruit |
| 4 | Old High German | fīga | fig |
| 5 | Old French | figue | fig |
| 6 | Occitan | figa | fig |
| 7 | Old Occitan | figa | fig |
| 8 | Vulgar Latin | fica | fig; fig, fig-tree |
| 9 | Latin | ficus | fig tree; fig; hemorrhoids |
| 10 | Phoenician | ?? | Ripe fig |