Where does “figiúr” come from?

figiúr (Irish) comes 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.

figiúr (Irish): figure

Definitions

  1. figure

Ancestry of “figiúr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfigureA drawing or diagram conveying information; The...
2Middle Englishfigureshape, form, appearance
3Old Frenchfigure—
4Latinfigūrashape, form, figure
5Latinfingōto shape, fashion, form, knead (dough)
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeyǵʰ-to knead; to form, to shape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ- →Every word from Latin fingō →Every word from Latin figūra →