Etymology

fictitiousness

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Today it means: The state of being fictitious. Full definition →

English fictitious ← Latin fictīcius ← Proto-Italic *fingō
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The story

  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. Englishfictitious
  9. English todayfictitiousness

From fictitious + -ness.

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