Etymograph

English

fig tree

Fig tree comes from Middle English figge tre ‘a fig tree’.

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500figge tre‘a fig tree’
  2. Englishtodayfig tree

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500figge tre‘a fig tree’
  2. Englishtodayfig tree

Formed from fig + tree

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

Proto-Indo-European *dóru

Proto-Germanic *trewą

Proto-West Germanic *treu

Old English trēo ‘tree’

Middle English trau

English tree

Every English word from Middle English figge tre

Today it means

noun Any tree that bears figs (Ficus spp.).

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

Etymograph / Middle English figge tre / fig tree

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