Where does “ficha” come from?

ficha (Spanish) 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 (Spanish): chip, token; index card; leaflet, sheet,...

Definitions

  1. chip, token; index card; leaflet, sheet,...

Ancestry of “ficha”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfichecard; plug; first-person singular present...
2Frenchficherto plug in; to drive something in by its point,...
3Old Frenchfichierto pierce
4Vulgar Latin*fīgicāre—
5Latinfīgōto fasten, fix
6Proto-Italicfeigʷōto insert; to fasten

Words derived from “ficha”

Every word from Proto-Italic feigʷō →Every word from Latin fīgō →Every word from Vulgar Latin *fīgicāre →