Where does “transfigure” come from?
transfigure (French) comes from French transfigurer, from Italian trasfigurare, from Latin transfiguro, from Latin figuro, from Latin figūra, from Latin fingō, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ- — to knead; to form, to shape.
transfigure (French): first-person singular present indicative of...
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Ancestry of “transfigure”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | transfigurer | to transfigure |
| 2 | Italian | trasfigurare | to transfigure |
| 3 | Latin | transfiguro | I transform, transfigure or metamorphose |
| 4 | Latin | figuro | I form, fashion, shape |
| 5 | Latin | figūra | shape, form, figure |
| 6 | Latin | fingō | to shape, fashion, form, knead (dough) |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeyǵʰ- | to knead; to form, to shape |