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fingo.

to shape, fashion, form, knead (dough)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈfɪŋ.ɡoː]Classical-Latin[ˈfiŋ.ɡo]
  1. to shape, fashion, form, knead (dough)

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  2. to touch, touch gently, stroke, stroke gently, handle

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  3. to adorn, dress, arrange

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  4. to dissemble; to alter the truth in order to deceive; feign, pretend, frame, contrive, devise, invent, fancy, imagine

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  5. to train, teach, instruct

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Where this word comes from

From Proto-Italic *fingō, from earlier *θingō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to mold”). Cognates include Ancient Greek τεῖχος (teîkhos), Sanskrit देग्धि (dégdhi) and English dough.

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