Etymology

fictional

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Today it means: Invented, as opposed to real. Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English fiction ← Middle English ficcioun
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeyǵʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰinéǵʰti
  3. Proto-Italic*θingō
  4. Proto-Italic*fingō
  5. Latinfingō
  6. Latinfictiō
  7. Old Frenchficcion
  8. Middle Englishficcioun
  9. Englishfiction
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  12. English todayfictional

From fiction + -al.

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