Etymology of the French word figue
the Old French word
figuederived from the Old Provençal word
figaderived from the Latin word
ficus (fig; fig tree; hemorrhoids)
Date
The earliest known usage of figue in French dates from the 12th century.
Derivations in French
figuier,
figueraieDerivations in other languages
English
figCognates
Catalan
figa, Dutch
vijg, English
fig, German
Feige, Icelandic
fíkja, Lithuanian
figa, Norwegian
fiken, Polish
figa, Portuguese
figa, Russian
фигa, Spanish
higa, Swedish
fikon, Yiddish
fajgUsage
Word found in Old French
