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
- figure, configuration; figure
Ancestry of “figuro”, step by step
figuro traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto figuro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | figuro | figure |
| 2 | English | figure | A drawing or diagram conveying information; The... |
| 3 | Middle English | figure | shape, form, appearance |
| 4 | Old French | figure | — |
| 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 |
via French figuré
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | figuré | figurative; past participle of figurer |
| 2 | Latin | figuratus | formed, fashioned, shaped |
| 3 | Latin | figuro | I form, fashion, shape |
| 4 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |
via Italian figura
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | figura | figure; illustration; character |