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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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  1. first-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “transfigure”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtransfigurerto transfigure
2Italiantrasfigurareto transfigure
3LatintransfiguroI transform, transfigure or metamorphose
4LatinfiguroI form, fashion, shape
5Latinfigūra—
6Latinfingō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeyǵʰ-to knead; to form, to shape
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