Where does “figural” come from?

Figural derives from Old French figural, from Latin figuralis, from Latin figura meaning "shape or form," from fingo meaning "to shape or mold," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ-.

figural (English): Representing by means of a figure; emblematic;...

Definitions

  1. Representing by means of a figure; emblematic;...

Ancestry of “figural”, step by step

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

Words derived from “figural”

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