Where does “transfigurement” come from?
transfigurement (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.
transfigurement (English): transfiguration
Definitions
- transfiguration
Ancestry of “transfigurement”, step by step
transfigurement traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English transfigure
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | transfigure | To transform the outward appearance of; to... |
| 2 | French | transfigurer | to transfigure |
| 3 | Italian | trasfigurare | to transfigure |
| 4 | Latin | transfiguro | I transform, transfigure or metamorphose |
| 5 | Latin | figuro | I form, fashion, shape |
| 6 | Latin | figūra | shape, form, figure |
| 7 | Latin | fingō | to shape, fashion, form, knead (dough) |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeyǵʰ- | to knead; to form, to shape |