Where does “figurativ” come from?

figurativ (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from French figuratif, from Late Latin figurativus, from Latin figuro, from Latin figūra, from Latin fingō, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ- — to knead; to form, to shape.

figurativ (Norwegian Bokmål): figurative

Definitions

  1. figurative

Ancestry of “figurativ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfiguratiffigurative
2Late Latinfigurativus—
3LatinfiguroI form, fashion, shape
4Latinfigūrashape, form, figure
5Latinfingōto shape, fashion, form, knead (dough)
6Proto-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 →