Etymology

unfictitious

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Today it means: Not fictitious. Full definition →

English fictitious ← Latin fictīcius ← Proto-Italic *fingō
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeyǵʰ-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*dʰinéǵʰti
  10. Proto-Italic*θingō
  11. Proto-Italic*fingō
  12. Latinfingō
  13. Latinfictus
  14. Latinfictīcius
  15. Englishfictitious
  16. English todayunfictitious

From un- + fictitious.

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