Where does “figurare” come from?

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

figurare (Latin): present active infinitive of figūrō;...

Definitions

  1. present active infinitive of figūrō;...

Ancestry of “figurare”, 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 “figurare

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ-
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