fict / fig
to shape, form, feign
Latin · fingere / fictus
Latin fingere 'to shape, form, pretend', past form fictus. Fict- words are about made-up things: fiction is a shaped story, fictitious means invented. Fig- gives figure, a shape, and figurative, in shapes of speech.
Memory trick
FICTion is a story SHAPED by a writer, like clay formed in hands.
Words from this root
- fiction (fict + ion) — an invented storyकल्पित कथा
- nonfiction (non + fiction) — writing about real factsतथ्यात्मक लेखन
- fictional (fiction + al) — made up, not realकाल्पनिक
- fictionalize (fictional + ize) — to turn real events into a storyकहानी का रूप देना
- fictitious (fict + itious) — invented, falseकल्पित, झूठा
- fictitiousness (fictitious + ness) — being inventedकल्पितता
- fictile (fict + ile) — made of clay, mouldableमिट्टी का, ढालने योग्य
- figure (fig + ure) — shape; number; personआकृति, संख्या
- figurative (figur + ative) — using words in shapes of speechआलंकारिक
- figuratively (figurative + ly) — in a non-literal wayलाक्षणिक रूप से
- figment (fig + ment) — something imaginedकोरी कल्पना
- prefigure (pre + figure) — to show beforehandपहले से दर्शाना