Where does “transfigure” come from?

Transfigure comes from Old French transfigurer, meaning to change the form or appearance of something.

transfigure (English): To transform the outward appearance of; to...

Definitions

  1. To transform the outward appearance of; to...

Ancestry of “transfigure”, step by step

transfigure traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French transfigurer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtransfigurerto transfigure
2Italiantrasfigurareto transfigure
3LatintransfiguroI transform, transfigure or metamorphose
4LatinfiguroI form, fashion, shape
5Latinfigūrashape, form, figure
6Latinfingōto shape, fashion, form, knead (dough)
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeyǵʰ-to knead; to form, to shape

via Old French transfigurer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtransfigurer—

Words derived from “transfigure”

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