myEtymology.com: Latin etymology of figura

Etymology of the Latin word figura

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-

French figure, French figured, French desfigurer, Italian figura, Portuguese figura, Spanish figura

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