Where does “prefiguren” come from?

prefiguren (Middle English) comes from Latin praefigurare, 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 “prefiguren”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpraefigurare—
2Latinfigurarepresent active infinitive of figūrō;...
3LatinfiguroI form, fashion, shape
4Latinfigūrashape, form, figure
5Latinfingōto shape, fashion, form, knead (dough)
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeyǵʰ-to knead; to form, to shape

Words derived from “prefiguren”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ- →Every word from Latin fingō →Every word from Latin figūra →