NODE / 0944attestedOld French

figure

TRANSLITERATION figure

shape; form; likeness

DATE: Old French
SENSE: shape form noun
FAMILY: Indo-European / Romance
CANONICAL KEY: node:8:figure:attested:sense:shape-form-noun

American Heritage labels the French intermediary Old French rather than Anglo-French.

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Latin · Latin antiquity · shape form result

figūra

shape; form; likeness; figure of speech

SOUND: American Heritage labels the French intermediary Old French, while Merriam-Webster labels it Anglo-French.
MEANING: The shape and form noun passes from Latin through medieval French into English.
SCHOLAR: American Heritage Dictionary Editors
CONFIDENCE: proposed — The graph preserves both donor labels rather than silently selecting one medieval French variety.

Figure — American Heritage DictionarysupportsEtymology: Middle English from Old French from Latin figūra

Publishes the alternate medieval French label.

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