Etymology

fictitious

fic·ti·tious
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Today it means: Invented; contrived. Full definition →

Latin fictīcius ← Proto-Italic *fingō ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰinéǵʰti
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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. Latinfictus
  7. Latinfictīcius
  8. English todayfictitious

Borrowed from Latin fictīcius.

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