fic
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
A shortening of fanfic, itself a shortening of fan fiction.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
fic (countable and uncountable, plural fics)
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AlbanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From an unattested *fij, from Proto-Albanian *spija, cognate with Sanskrit स्फायते (spháyate, “to become fat”), Proto-Slavic *spěti (“to ripen”).[1]
VerbEdit
fic (first-person singular past tense fica, participle ficur)
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “fic”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 96