Where does “figuur” come from?

figuur (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch figure, from Old French figure, from Latin figūra, from Latin fingō, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ- — to knead; to form, to shape.

figuur (Dutch): figure

Definitions

  1. figure

Ancestry of “figuur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchfigure—
2Old Frenchfigure—
3Latinfigūrashape, form, figure
4Latinfingōto shape, fashion, form, knead (dough)
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeyǵʰ-to knead; to form, to shape

Words derived from “figuur”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ- →Every word from Latin fingō →Every word from Latin figūra →