Etymograph

English

effigiate

Effigiate comes from Late Latin effigiō ‘to form’, from effigiēs ‘likeness, portrait, image, effigy, statue’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- ‘to form, to shape’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeyǵʰ-‘to form, to shape’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰinéǵʰti‘to form, shape’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*θingōreconstructed
  4. Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*fingō‘to knead, form’reconstructed
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfingō‘to shape, fashion, form, knead (dough)’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEeffingō‘represent, portray’
  7. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEeffigiēs‘likeness, portrait, image, effigy, statue’
  8. Late Latin, derivedc. 200–600 CEeffigiō‘to form’
  9. Late Latin, derivedc. 200–600 CEeffigiātuspast participle of effigiō
  10. Englishearliest quotation 1636effigiate

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeyǵʰ-‘to form, to shape’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰinéǵʰti‘to form, shape’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*θingōreconstructed
  4. Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*fingō‘to knead, form’reconstructed
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfingō‘to shape, fashion, form, knead (dough)’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEeffingō‘represent, portray’
  7. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEeffigiēs‘likeness, portrait, image, effigy, statue’
  8. Late Latin, derivedc. 200–600 CEeffigiō‘to form’
  9. Late Latin, derivedc. 200–600 CEeffigiātuspast participle of effigiō
  10. Englishearliest quotation 1636effigiate

Earliest quotation: 1636, Daniel Featley, Clavis Mystica: “all this notwithstanding, they that are in their tombes…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- ‘to form, to shape’

lady, figure, paradise, dairy, dough, faint, dey, 25 more

through Proto-Italic *fingō ‘to knead, form’

nonfiction, 17 more

through Latin fingō ‘to shape, fashion, form, knead (dough)’

fiction, fictitious, feint, feign, figment, 18 more

Today it means

verb To form as an effigy or make a representation of; to illustrate or depict.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- / effigiate

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