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Where does “transfigurer” come from?

transfigurer (French) comes 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.

transfigurer (French): to transfigure

Definitions

  1. to transfigure

Ancestry of “transfigurer”, step by step

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

Words derived from “transfigurer”

  • transfigure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ- →