Where does “fìcatu” come from?

fìcatu (Sicilian) comes from Late Latin ficatum, from Latin fīcātum, from Latin iecur, from Proto-Italic jekʷor, from Proto-Indo-European Hyékʷr̥ — liver.

fìcatu (Sicilian): liver

Definitions

  1. liver

Ancestry of “fìcatu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinficatumliver; liver, from an animal fattened on figs;...
2Latinfīcātumliver (from an animal fattened on figs); foie gras
3Latiniecurliver; the seat of the soul; the seat of the...
4Proto-Italicjekʷorliver
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanHyékʷr̥liver
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hyékʷr̥ →Every word from Proto-Italic jekʷor →Every word from Latin iecur →