The story
- Latin · derived fromeffigiēs“likeness, effigy”
- French · borrowed fromeffigie
- English todayeffigy
From French effigie, from Latin effigiēs (“likeness, effigy”), from effingō (“represent, portray”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
effigy
Today it means: A dummy or other crude representation of a person, group or object that is hated. Full definition →
French effigie ← Latin effigiēs