Where does “vigere” come from?

vigere (Yola) comes from Middle English figure, from Old French figure, from Latin figūra, from Latin fingō, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ- — to knead; to form, to shape.

vigere (Yola): figure

Definitions

  1. figure

Ancestry of “vigere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishfigureshape, form, appearance
2Old Frenchfigure
3Latinfigūrashape, form, figure
4Latinfingōto shape, fashion, form, knead (dough)
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeyǵʰ-to knead; to form, to shape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ-Every word from Latin fingōEvery word from Latin figūra
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