American Heritage labels the French intermediary Old French, while Merriam-Webster labels it Anglo-French.
CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP RECORD
COVERAGE LEDGER ↗EDGE / 0942competing borrowingproposed
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figure
shape; form; likeness
OPEN NODE 944 ↗DESCENDS FROM→
PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedLatin · Latin antiquity · shape form resultfigūra
shape; form; likeness; figure of speech
OPEN NODE 939 ↗01
THE COMPLETE RELATIONSHIP
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The shape and form noun passes from Latin through medieval French into English.
No separate chronology note is attached beyond the endpoint date ranges.
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proposed — The graph preserves both donor labels rather than silently selecting one medieval French variety.
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CITATION REGISTER
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Figure — American Heritage DictionaryEtymology: Middle English from Old French from Latin figūra
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Publishes the alternate medieval French label.
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