Where does “figura” come from?

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

figura (Maltese): figure

Definitions

  1. figure

Ancestry of “figura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfigurafigure; illustration; character
2Latinfigūrashape, form, figure
3Latinfingōto shape, fashion, form, knead (dough)
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeyǵʰ-to knead; to form, to shape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ- →Every word from Latin fingō →Every word from Latin figūra →