fichu

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*dʰeygʷ-“to set up”
2. Latin · derived fromfīgō“to fasten, fix; to pierce, transfix; to drive (a nail)”
3. French · borrowed fromfichu“(noun) triangular scarf; (adjective) got up, put together”
4. English todayfichu

Borrowed from French fichu (“(noun) triangular scarf; (adjective) got up, put together”) (in the sense of something thrown on without much thought), from ficher (“to drive something (such as a nail) by its point”), ultimately from Latin fīgō (“to fasten, fix; to pierce, transfix; to drive (a nail)”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (“to set up”).

Words from the same roots