myEtymology.com: Italian etymology of figura

Etymology of the Italian word figura

the Italian word figura

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-

Dutch figuur, English figure, French figure, German Figur, Latin figura, Lithuanian figura, Norwegian figur, Polish figura, Russian фигypa, Spanish figura, Swedish figur