Where does “transfigurare” come from?
transfigurare (Romanian) comes from Romanian transfigura, from French transfigurer, from Italian trasfigurare, from Latin transfiguro, from Latin figuro, from Latin figūra, from Latin fingō, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ- — to knead; to form, to shape.
transfigurare (Romanian): transfiguration
Definitions
- transfiguration
Ancestry of “transfigurare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | transfigura | to transfigure |
| 2 | French | transfigurer | to transfigure |
| 3 | Italian | trasfigurare | to transfigure |
| 4 | Latin | transfiguro | I transform, transfigure or metamorphose |
| 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 |