Where does “fik” come from?

fik (Tok Pisin) comes from English fig, from Middle English fige, from Anglo-Norman figue, from Old French figue, from Occitan figa, from Old Occitan figa, from Vulgar Latin fica, from Latin ficus — Ripe fig.

fik (Tok Pisin): fig

Definitions

Ancestry of “fik”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	fig	A fruit-bearing tree or shrub of the genus...
2	Middle English	fige	A fig tree; A fig; A kind of boil or sore
3	Anglo-Norman	figue	fig
4	Old French	figue	fig
5	Occitan	figa	fig
6	Old Occitan	figa	fig
7	Vulgar Latin	fica	fig; fig, fig-tree
8	Latin	ficus	fig tree; fig; hemorrhoids
9	Phoenician	??	Ripe fig

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