Where does “deform” come from?
Deform comes from Middle English deformen, from Old French deformer, from Latin deformare, combining the prefix de- with Latin morphē meaning form or shape.
deform (English): To change the form of, usually negatively; to...
Definitions
- To change the form of, usually negatively; to...
Ancestry of “deform”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | deformen | to deform |
| 2 | Old French | deformer | — |
| 3 | Latin | deformare | present active infinitive of dēfōrmō;... |
| 4 | Latin | deformo | I form, fashion; I design, delineate, describe; I... |
| 5 | Latin | de- | of; from |
| 6 | Latin | de | The name of the letter "D"; of, concerning,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | de | Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;... |