Where does “desfigurare” come from?
desfigurare (Romanian) comes from Romanian desfigura, from Romanian figură, from French figurer, from Latin figurare, from Latin figuro, from Latin figūra, from Latin fingō, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ- — to knead; to form, to shape.
desfigurare (Romanian): disfigurement
Definitions
- disfigurement
Ancestry of “desfigurare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | desfigura | to disfigure |
| 2 | Romanian | figură | figure |
| 3 | French | figurer | to appear (in a list, etc.), to be included; to represent |
| 4 | Latin | figurare | present active infinitive of figūrō;... |
| 5 | Latin | figuro | I form, fashion, shape |
| 6 | Latin | figūra | shape, form, figure |
| 7 | Latin | fingō | to shape, fashion, form, knead (dough) |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeyǵʰ- | to knead; to form, to shape |