Etymology

affiche

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Today it means: A written or printed notice to be posted, as on a wall; a poster; a placard. Full definition →

French affiche ← Old French afichier ← Vulgar Latin *fīgicāre
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinad-
  5. Old Frencha-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeygʷ-
  7. Proto-Italic*feigʷō
  8. Latinfīvō
  9. Latinfīgō
  10. Vulgar Latin*fīgicāre
  11. Old Frenchfichier
  12. Old Frenchafichier
  13. Frenchafficherdeverb.
  14. Frenchaffiche
  15. English todayaffiche

Borrowed from French affiche.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.