Where does “effingere” come from?

effingere (Latin) comes from Latin effingo, from Latin fingō, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ- — to knead; to form, to shape.

effingere (Latin): second-person singular future passive indicative...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular future passive indicative...

Ancestry of “effingere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatineffingoI form, fashion; I represent, portray, express,...
2Latinfingōto shape, fashion, form, knead (dough)
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeyǵʰ-to knead; to form, to shape
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