Where does “figurative” come from?
figurative (French) comes from French figuratif, from Late Latin figurativus, from Latin figuro, from Latin figūra, from Latin fingō, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ- — to knead; to form, to shape.
figurative (French): feminine singular of figuratif
Definitions
- feminine singular of figuratif
Ancestry of “figurative”, step by step