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Fictitiousness comes from Latin fictīcius ‘feigned, artificially produced’, from fingō ‘to shape, fashion, form, knead (dough)’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ-.

1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeyǵʰ-‘to form, to shape’reconstructed
2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰinéǵʰti‘to form, shape’reconstructed
3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*θingōreconstructed
4. Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*fingō‘to knead, form’reconstructed
5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfingō‘to shape, fashion, form, knead (dough)’
6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfictus‘feigned, fictitious, false, counterfeit, having been feigned’
7. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfictīcius‘feigned, artificially produced’
8. English1500–presentfictitious
9. Englishtodayfictitiousness