Where does “sfigura” come from?

sfigura (Maltese) comes from Italian sfigurare, from Italian s-, from Latin ēx-, from Proto-Indo-European eǵ-.

sfigura (Maltese): to disfigure

Definitions

  1. to disfigure

Ancestry of “sfigura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItaliansfigurareTo disfigure, to scar; To make a bad impression
2Italians-un-, in-; de-, dis-, un-; API + bocca → sboccato
3Latinēx-out, away
4Proto-Indo-Europeaneǵ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European eǵ- →Every word from Latin ēx- →Every word from Italian s- →
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