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
Ancestry of “figurally”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | figural | Representing by means of a figure; emblematic;... |
| 2 | Old French | figural | symbolic |
| 3 | Latin | figūrālis | — |
| 4 | Latin | figūra | — |
| 5 | Latin | fingō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeyǵʰ- | to knead; to form, to shape |