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 |
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| 1 | French | figurer | to appear , to be included; to represent; to... |
| 2 | Latin | figurare | present active infinitive of figūrō;... |
| 3 | Latin | figuro | I form, fashion, shape |
| 4 | Latin | figūra | — |
| 5 | Latin | fingō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeyǵʰ- | to knead; to form, to shape |
Words derived from “figurant”