Latin figūra reflects the suffixed zero-grade formation *dhigh-ūrā-.
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figūra
shape; form; likeness; figure of speech
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / reconstructedProto-Indo-European · Proto-Indo-European suffixed zero-grade formation · form shape result*dhigh-ūrā-
result of forming or kneading
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A result of forming or kneading becomes shape, form, and representation.
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established — Merriam-Webster instead analyzes figūra through the stem of fingere; that compatible but differently segmented route remains a cited graph branch.
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Indo-European Root: dheigh-dheigh-: suffixed zero-grade *dhigh-ūrā- to Latin figūra
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Publishes the root formation behind the Latin noun.
Figure — American Heritage DictionaryEtymology: Old French figure from Latin figūra; see dheigh-
contextAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Independently places the word in the same deep family.
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