English
ficulnean
Ficulnean comes from Latin fīculneus ‘of the fig or fig tree’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfīculneus‘of the fig or fig tree’
- Englishearliest quotation 1716ficulnean
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfīculneus‘of the fig or fig tree’
- Englishearliest quotation 1716ficulnean
Earliest quotation: 1716, Myles Davies, Athenae Britannicae: “So alſo the Ficulnean Arguments and Infrunite Pamphlets of…”
Every English word from Latin fīculneus
Today it means
adj Worthless.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin fīculneus / ficulnean