Where does “фигурировать” come from?

фигурировать (Russian) comes from Russian -ова́ть, from Proto-Slavic -ovati — Creates verbs out of nouns and adjectives.

фигурировать (Russian): to figure (as), to appear

Definitions

  1. to figure (as), to appear

Ancestry of “фигурировать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-ова́тьUsed to form verbs from nouns, adjectives, or foreign verbs
2Proto-Slavic-ovatiCreates verbs out of nouns and adjectives
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ovati →Every word from Russian -ова́ть →