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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

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

Words derived from “transfigure”

  • transfigurative
  • transfigurable
  • untransfigurable
  • transfigurest
  • transfigurability
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