myEtymology.com: Spanish etymology of higa

Etymology of the Spanish word higa

the Spanish word higa

derived from the Spanish word higo

derived from the Latin word ficus (fig; fig tree; hemorrhoids)

Catalan figa, Dutch vijg, English fig, French figue, German Feige, Icelandic fíkja, Lithuanian figa, Norwegian fiken, Polish figa, Portuguese figa, Russian фигa, Swedish fikon, Yiddish fajg