myEtymology.com: English etymology of figurehead

Etymology of the English word figurehead

the English word figurehead

derived from the English word figure

derived from the Old French word figure

derived from the Latin word figura (shape, form, figure)

derived from the Latin word fingere (adapt, transform into; modify; make up; pretend; mold, form, shape)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dheigh-

derived from the English word head

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *khaubuthan

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kaput- (head)