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Where does “figor” come from?

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

Ancestry of “figor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfigūra—
2Latinfingō—
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeyǵʰ-to knead; to form, to shape
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