Where does “figurer” come from?

figurer (French) comes from Latin figurare, from Latin figuro, from Latin figūra, from Latin fingō, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ- — to knead; to form, to shape.

figurer (French): to appear (in a list, etc.), to be included; to represent

Definitions

  1. to appear (in a list, etc.), to be included; to represent

Ancestry of “figurer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfigurarepresent active infinitive of figūrō;...
2LatinfiguroI form, fashion, shape
3Latinfigūrashape, form, figure
4Latinfingōto shape, fashion, form, knead (dough)
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeyǵʰ-to knead; to form, to shape

Words derived from “figurer”

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