Etymograph

English

affiche

Affiche comes from French afficher ‘to put up, display’, from Old French afichier ‘to declare firmly’, and ultimately from Latin figo ‘to fasten, fix’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfigoas fīgere‘to fasten, fix’
  2. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*fīg(i)cārereconstructed
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400fichier‘fix in place’
  4. Old French, derivedc. 842–1400afichier‘to declare firmly’
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presentafficher‘to put up, display’
  6. French, derivedc. 1600–presentaffiche
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1834same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfigoas fīgere‘to fasten, fix’
  2. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*fīg(i)cārereconstructed
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400fichier‘fix in place’
  4. Old French, derivedc. 842–1400afichier‘to declare firmly’
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presentafficher‘to put up, display’
  6. French, derivedc. 1600–presentaffiche
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1834same form

Earliest quotation: 1834, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, London: Richard Bentley: “The return of the Duc de Mercœur added, if…”

Linked words

through Latin figo ‘to fasten, fix’

fix, crucify, suffix, 13 more

Today it means

noun A written or printed notice to be posted, as on a wall; a poster; a placard.

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Etymograph / Latin figo / affiche

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