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Where does “praefigurare” come from?

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

Ancestry of “praefigurare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfigurarepresent active infinitive of figūrō;...
2LatinfiguroI form, fashion, shape
3Latinfigūra—
4Latinfingō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeyǵʰ-to knead; to form, to shape

Words derived from “praefigurare”

  • prefigure
  • prefigurement
  • prefigurable
  • prefigureth
  • prefiguren
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ- →