English
figurette
Figurette comes from French figurette.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentfigurette
- Englishearliest quotation 1921same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentfigurette
- Englishearliest quotation 1921same form
Earliest quotation: 1921, The Graphic: “[…] may be discovered not far from a charming…”
Equivalent to figure + -ette
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- ‘to mold, knead’
Latin fingō ‘to form, shape’
Latin figūra ‘form, shape’
Old French figure
Middle English figure ‘shape’
English figure
Every English word from French figurette
Today it means
noun A figurine.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French figurette / figurette