Where does “fictus” come from?

fictus (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin fissus, from Proto-Indo-European bʰidtós, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.

fictus (Vulgar Latin): feigned, fictitious, false, counterfeit, having...

Definitions

  1. feigned, fictitious, false, counterfeit, having...

Ancestry of “fictus”, step by step

fictus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin fissus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfissussplit, cloven
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰidtóssplit, cloven
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee

via Latin fīxus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfīxusunwavering
2Latinfīgōto fasten, fix
3Proto-Italicfeigʷōto insert; to fasten

Words derived from “fictus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰidtós →