Where does “figurant” come from?
figurant (French) comes from French figurer, from Latin figurare, from Latin figuro, from Latin figūra, from Latin fingō, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ- — to knead; to form, to shape.
figurant (French): extra; bit player; present participle of figurer
Definitions
- extra; bit player; present participle of figurer
Ancestry of “figurant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | figurer | to appear (in a list, etc.), to be included; to represent |
| 2 | Latin | figurare | present active infinitive of figūrō;... |
| 3 | Latin | figuro | I form, fashion, shape |
| 4 | Latin | figūra | shape, form, figure |
| 5 | Latin | fingō | to shape, fashion, form, knead (dough) |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeyǵʰ- | to knead; to form, to shape |