Where does “formel” come from?
formel (Danish) comes from French formel, from Latin formālis, from French -ïsme, from Latin -isma, from Latin -ismus, from Ancient Greek -ισμός, from Ancient Greek -μός, from Proto-Indo-European -mós — Creates action/result nouns from verb stems.
formel (Danish): formula; formal
Definitions
- formula; formal
Ancestry of “formel”, step by step
formel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French formel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | formel | formal; official; adamant, positive, certain |
| 2 | Latin | formālis | formal |
| 3 | French | -ïsme | -ism, variant of -isme following vowels |
| 4 | Latin | -isma | Alternative form of -ismus; -ism |
| 5 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |
via Latin formula
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | formula | shape, outline; form; beauty; pattern, mould;... |
| 2 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |