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Where does “figuratiu” come from?

figuratiu (Catalan) comes from Late Latin figurativus, from Latin figuro, from Latin figūra, from Latin fingō, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ- — to knead; to form, to shape.

figuratiu (Catalan): figurative

Definitions

  1. figurative

Ancestry of “figuratiu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinfigurativus—
2LatinfiguroI form, fashion, shape
3Latinfigūra—
4Latinfingō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeyǵʰ-to knead; to form, to shape

Words derived from “figuratiu”

  • figurativament
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