Where does “figurat” come from?

figurat (Romanian) comes from French figuré, from Latin figuratus, from Latin figuro, from Latin figūra, from Latin fingō, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ- — to knead; to form, to shape.

figurat (Romanian): figurative

Definitions

  1. figurative

Ancestry of “figurat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfiguréfigurative; past participle of figurer
2Latinfiguratusformed, fashioned, shaped
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 →
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