Etymology

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Today it means: Possessing an attractive figure or shape. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *samaz ← Proto-Indo-European *somHós ← English figure
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  1. Englishfigure
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*somHós
  4. Proto-Germanic*samaz
  5. English todayfiguresome

From figure + -some.

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