Etymology of the Latin word fictio
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-Derivations in other languages
French
fiction, Italian
finzione, Portuguese
ficção, Spanish
ficciónCognates
Dutch
fictie, English
fiction, French
fiction, German
Fiktion, Italian
fizione, Norwegian
fiksjon, Polish
fikcja, Russian
фикция, Spanish
ficción, Spanish
ficcion, Swedish
fiktion
