Where does “figuran” come from?
figuran (Indonesian) comes from Dutch figurant, from French figurant, from French figurer, from Latin figurare, from Latin figuro, from Latin figūra, from Latin fingō, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ- — to knead; to form, to shape.
figuran (Indonesian): figurant, extra
Definitions
- figurant, extra
Ancestry of “figuran”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | figurant | extra; irrelevant person, bit player |
| 2 | French | figurant | extra; bit player; present participle of figurer |
| 3 | French | figurer | to appear (in a list, etc.), to be included; to represent |
| 4 | Latin | figurare | present active infinitive of figūrō;... |
| 5 | Latin | figuro | I form, fashion, shape |
| 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 |