Where does “figurally” come from?

figurally (English) comes from English figural, from Old French figural, from Latin figūrālis, from Latin figūra, from Latin fingō, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ- — to knead; to form, to shape.

figurally (English): in a figural manner

Definitions

  1. in a figural manner

Ancestry of “figurally”, step by step

figurally traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English figural

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfiguralRepresenting by means of a figure; emblematic;...
2Old Frenchfiguralsymbolic
3Latinfigūrālis—
4Latinfigūrashape, form, figure
5Latinfingōto shape, fashion, form, knead (dough)
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeyǵʰ-to knead; to form, to shape

via English ly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlyAbbreviation of light-year
2VietnameselyAlternative spelling of li
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