Reconstruction:Latin/figicare
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom fīgō (“drive in, fix in place”) + -ĭcāre, with early syncope of /ĭ/ and assimilation of /ɡk/ to /kk/ (cf. *trūdicāre).
Pronunciation
editVerb
edit*fīgicāre (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)
Reconstruction notes
editThe nasal infix observed in Ibero-Romance and (rarely) Occitan is of uncertain origin.
Descendants
edit- Italo-Romance:
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
References
edit- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*fīgĭcare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 3: D–F, page 506