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Where does “figuro” come from?

figuro (Ido) comes from Esperanto figuro, from English figure, from Middle English figure, from Old French figure, from Latin figūra, from Latin fingō, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ- — to knead; to form, to shape.

figuro (Ido): figure, configuration; figure

Definitions

  1. figure, configuration; figure

Ancestry of “figuro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantofigurofigure
2EnglishfigureA drawing or diagram conveying information; The...
3Middle Englishfigure—
4Old Frenchfigure—
5Latinfigūra—
6Latinfingō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeyǵʰ-to knead; to form, to shape
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