Where does “desfigurar” come from?

desfigurar (Catalan) comes from Catalan figurar, from Latin figurare, from Latin figuro, from Latin figūra, from Latin fingō, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ- — to knead; to form, to shape.

desfigurar (Catalan): to disfigure

Definitions

  1. to disfigure

Ancestry of “desfigurar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanfigurarto depict, to represent, to show; to imagine, to...
2Latinfigurarepresent active infinitive of figūrō;...
3LatinfiguroI form, fashion, shape
4Latinfigūrashape, form, figure
5Latinfingōto shape, fashion, form, knead (dough)
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeyǵʰ-to knead; to form, to shape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ-