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
- figure; illustration; character
Ancestry of “figura”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | figūra | — |
| 2 | Latin | fingō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeyǵʰ- | to knead; to form, to shape |
Words derived from “figura”