Fiction etymology

English

English word fiction comes from Latin fingo, and later Latin fictio (Fashioning, forming, formation. Fiction.)

Detailed word origin of fiction

Dictionary entry Language Definition
fingo Latin (lat) I adorn, dress, arrange. I dissemble; I alter the truth in order to deceive; feign; pretend. I shape, fashion, form, knead (dough). I train, teach, instruct.
fictio Latin (lat) Fashioning, forming, formation. Fiction.
ficcion Old French (fro)
fiction English (en) (legal) A legal fiction.. (uncountable) A verbal or written account that is not based on actual events (often intended to mislead).. Literary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose.

Words with the same origin as fiction

Descendants of fingo

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