Etymology

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Today it means: Fictional. Full definition →

English fiction ← Middle English ficcioun ← Old French ficcion
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fictionary · adjective1

  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. English todayfictionary

From fiction + -ary.

fictionary · noun2

  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*deyḱ-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*déyḱeti
  12. Proto-Italic*deikō
  13. Latindīcō
  14. Latindictiō
  15. Latindictiōnārius?
  16. Medieval Latindictiōnārium
  17. Middle Englishdixionare
  18. Englishdictionary
  19. English todayfictionary

Blend of fiction + dictionary.

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