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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

  1. feminine singular of figuratif

Ancestry of “figurative”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfiguratiffigurative
2Late Latinfigurativus—
3LatinfiguroI form, fashion, shape
4Latinfigūra—
5Latinfingō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeyǵʰ-to knead; to form, to shape
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