Where does “figurativus” come from?

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

Ancestry of “figurativus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinfiguroI form, fashion, shape
2Latinfigūrashape, form, figure
3Latinfingōto shape, fashion, form, knead (dough)
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeyǵʰ-to knead; to form, to shape

Words derived from “figurativus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ- →Every word from Latin fingō →Every word from Latin figūra →