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fin⋅ca
[fing-kuh; Sp. feeng-kah] 
–noun, plural -cas [-kuh
z; Sp. -kahs] .
[-kuhz; Sp. -kahs] . | a ranch or large farm in a Spanish-speaking country, esp. a plantation in tropical Spanish America. |
Origin:
1905–10; < Sp: property, real estate, farm (appar. orig., amount left over; hence, a sum of money > income from a property > the property itself), deriv. of OSp fincar to remain, stative deriv. of fincar (Sp hincar) to drive in, fix, sink (a nail), alter. of ficar (< VL *fīgicāre, for L fīgere; cf. fichu ), with -n- perh. from dial. finsar to mark out (ult. < *fīxāre; see fix )
1905–10; < Sp: property, real estate, farm (appar. orig., amount left over; hence, a sum of money > income from a property > the property itself), deriv. of OSp fincar to remain, stative deriv. of fincar (Sp hincar) to drive in, fix, sink (a nail), alter. of ficar (< VL *fīgicāre, for L fīgere; cf. fichu ), with -n- perh. from dial. finsar to mark out (ult. < *fīxāre; see fix )
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| fin·ca (fĭng'kə, fēng'kä) n. A rural property, especially a large farm or ranch, in Spanish America. [American Spanish, from Spanish, real estate, from Old Spanish fincar, to pitch tents, reside, from Vulgar Latin *fīgicāre, to fasten, from Latin fīgere; see dhīgw- in Indo-European roots.] |
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