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Where does “transfigurans” come from?

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

transfigurans (Latin): transforming, transfiguring, metamorphosing

Definitions

  1. transforming, transfiguring, metamorphosing

Ancestry of “transfigurans”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatintransfiguroI transform, transfigure or metamorphose
2LatinfiguroI form, fashion, shape
3Latinfigūra—
4Latinfingō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeyǵʰ-to knead; to form, to shape
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