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Where does “figurativismo” come from?

figurativismo (Italian) comes from Italian figurativo, from Late Latin figurativus, from Latin figuro, from Latin figūra, from Latin fingō, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ- — to knead; to form, to shape.

figurativismo (Italian): figurative art

Definitions

  1. figurative art

Ancestry of “figurativismo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfigurativofigurative; notional
2Late Latinfigurativus—
3LatinfiguroI form, fashion, shape
4Latinfigūra—
5Latinfingō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeyǵʰ-to knead; to form, to shape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ- →