Etymograph

English

fitchy

Fitchy comes from French fiché, from ficher ‘to fasten’, and ultimately from Latin figo.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfigo1as fīgere‘fasten, fix’
  2. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*fīg(i)cāre1reconstructed
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400fichier1‘fix in place’
  4. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600ficher1
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presentficher2‘to fasten’
  6. Frenchc. 1600–presentfiché2past participle of ficher
  7. Englishtodayfitchy2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, French ficher
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English fitchy

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfigoWiktionary, French ficheras fīgere‘fasten, fix’
  2. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*fīg(i)cāreWiktionary, French ficherreconstructed
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400fichierWiktionary, French ficher‘fix in place’
  4. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600ficherWiktionary, French ficher
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presentficherWiktionary, English fitchy‘to fasten’
  6. Frenchc. 1600–presentfichéWiktionary, English fitchypast participle of ficher
  7. EnglishtodayfitchyWiktionary, English fitchy

Linked words

through Latin figo ‘fasten, fix’

fix, suffix, crucify, 13 more

through French fiché

fish, microfiche, 1 more

Today it means

adj Sharpened to a point; pointed.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “fitchy”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for French ficher. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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