Where does “figural” come from?

figural (Old French) comes from Latin figūrālis, from Latin figūra, from Latin fingō, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ- — to knead; to form, to shape.

figural (Old French): symbolic

Definitions

  1. symbolic

Ancestry of “figural”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfigūrālis—
2Latinfigūrashape, form, figure
3Latinfingōto shape, fashion, form, knead (dough)
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeyǵʰ-to knead; to form, to shape

Words derived from “figural”

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