Etymology

fictiony

F4I1C3T1I1O1N1Y4

Today it means: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of fiction. Full definition →

English fiction ← Middle English ficcioun ← Old French ficcion
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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. English todayfictiony

From fiction + -y.

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