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Where does “transfigurative” come from?

transfigurative (English) comes from English transfigure, from French transfigurer, from Italian trasfigurare, from Latin transfiguro, from Latin figuro, from Latin figūra, from Latin fingō, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ- — to knead; to form, to shape.

transfigurative (English): of, relating to, or causing transfiguration

Definitions

  1. of, relating to, or causing transfiguration

Ancestry of “transfigurative”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtransfigureTo transform the outward appearance of; to...
2Frenchtransfigurerto transfigure
3Italiantrasfigurareto transfigure
4LatintransfiguroI transform, transfigure or metamorphose
5LatinfiguroI form, fashion, shape
6Latinfigūra—
7Latinfingō—
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeyǵʰ-to knead; to form, to shape
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