English
fidicinal
Fidicinal comes from Latin fidicen ‘lute player’, and goes back to fidēs ‘lyre’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfidēs‘lyre’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfidicenas fidicen‘lute player’
- Englishtodayfidicinal
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfidēs‘lyre’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfidicenas fidicen‘lute player’
- Englishtodayfidicinal
Linked words
through Latin fidēs ‘lyre’
Today it means
adj stringed (of or pertaining to a stringed instrument).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin fidēs / fidicinal