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Where does “figura” come from?

figura (Italian) comes from Latin figūra, from Latin fingō, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ- — to knead; to form, to shape.

figura (Italian): figure; illustration; character

Definitions

  1. figure; illustration; character

Ancestry of “figura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfigūra—
2Latinfingō—
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeyǵʰ-to knead; to form, to shape

Words derived from “figura”

  • controfigura
  • figuraccia
  • figura
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