Where does “effigie” come from?
effigie (Latin) comes from Latin effigies, from Latin effingo, from Latin fingō, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ- — to knead; to form, to shape.
effigie (Latin): ablative singular of effigiēs
Definitions
- ablative singular of effigiēs
Ancestry of “effigie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | effigies | copy, imitation; likeness, portrait, image,... |
| 2 | Latin | effingo | I form, fashion; I represent, portray, express,... |
| 3 | Latin | fingō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeyǵʰ- | to knead; to form, to shape |