Etymology

ficus

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Today it means: Any plant belonging to the genus Ficus, including the rubber plant, of species Ficus elastica. Full definition →

Latin fīcus
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromfīcus
  2. Latin · borrowed fromfīcus
  3. English todayficus

Borrowed from Latin fīcus (“fig”).

Words from the same roots

Latinfīcus all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.