English
fictitious
Fictitious comes from Latin fictīcius ‘feigned, artificially produced’, from fingō ‘to shape, fashion, form, knead (dough)’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeyǵʰ-‘to form, to shape’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰinéǵʰti‘to form, shape’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*θingōreconstructed
- Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*fingō‘to knead, form’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfingō‘to shape, fashion, form, knead (dough)’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfictus‘feigned, fictitious, false, counterfeit, having been feigned’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfictīcius‘feigned, artificially produced’
- Englishearliest quotation 2015fictitious
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeyǵʰ-‘to form, to shape’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰinéǵʰti‘to form, shape’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*θingōreconstructed
- Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*fingō‘to knead, form’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfingō‘to shape, fashion, form, knead (dough)’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfictus‘feigned, fictitious, false, counterfeit, having been feigned’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfictīcius‘feigned, artificially produced’
- Englishearliest quotation 2015fictitious
Earliest quotation: 2015, Clifford Chafin, The Absence of Stokes Drift in Waves: “Here we demonstrate that the explanation for this arises…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- ‘to form, to shape’
lady, figure, paradise, dairy, faint, dough, dey, 26 more
through Latin fingō ‘to shape, fashion, form, knead (dough)’
Today it means
adj Invented; contrived.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- / fictitious