Where does “shakfiguro” come from?
shakfiguro (Ido) comes from Ido figuro, 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.
shakfiguro (Ido): chess piece
Definitions
- chess piece
Ancestry of “shakfiguro”, step by step
shakfiguro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ido figuro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ido | figuro | figure, configuration; figure |
| 2 | Esperanto | figuro | figure |
| 3 | English | figure | A drawing or diagram conveying information; The... |
| 4 | Middle English | figure | shape, form, appearance |
| 5 | Old French | figure | — |
| 6 | Latin | figūra | shape, form, figure |
| 7 | Latin | fingō | to shape, fashion, form, knead (dough) |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeyǵʰ- | to knead; to form, to shape |