Etymograph

English

fig-eater

From fig + eater.

A compound of fig + eater

Latin fīcus ‘fig tree’

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Old Occitan figa ‘fig (fruit)’

Old French figue ‘fig (fruit)’

Anglo-Norman figue

Middle English fige ‘a fig tree’

English fig

Old English etere

Middle English eter

English eater

Today it means

noun A large beetle (Cotinis nitida) which has elytra that are velvety green with pale borders, which ranges from eastern Canada to central Texas, and which in the southern United States destroys figs.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / fig-eater