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Where does “figurativo” come from?

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

figurativo (Italian): figurative; notional

Definitions

  1. figurative; notional

Ancestry of “figurativo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinfigurativus—
2LatinfiguroI form, fashion, shape
3Latinfigūra—
4Latinfingō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeyǵʰ-to knead; to form, to shape

Words derived from “figurativo”

  • figurative
  • figuratività
  • figurativismo
  • figurativamente
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ- →