Etymology of the French word fiction
the Old French word
fictionderived from the Latin word
fictio (fashioning, action of shaping; coining)
derived from the Latin word
fictus (feigned, false; counterfeit)
derived from the Latin word
fingere (adapt, transform into; modify; make up; pretend; mold, form, shape)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*dheigh-derived from the Latin word
figere (fasten, fix; pierce)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*dhigʷ-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*dhīgʷ-Date
The earliest known usage of fiction in French dates from the 13th century.
Derivations in French
fictionnel,
non-fictionDerivations in other languages
English
fiction, Romanian
ficţiuneCognates
Dutch
fictie, English
fiction, German
Fiktion, Italian
fizione, Latin
fictio, Norwegian
fiksjon, Polish
fikcja, Russian
фикция, Spanish
ficción, Spanish
ficcion, Swedish
fiktionUsage
Word found in Old French
