Where does “formation” come from?
Formation derives from Old French formacion, from Latin formatio, from the verb formo meaning "to shape," ultimately from Latin forma and Ancient Greek μορφή meaning "form" or "shape."
formation (English): Something possessing structure or form; The act...
Definitions
- Something possessing structure or form; The act...
Ancestry of “formation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | formacion | — |
| 2 | Latin | fōrmātiō | The act of shaping, forming or fashioning |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
Words derived from “formation”
- reformation
- malformation
- preformation
- formational
- reformational
- preformationism
- neoformation
- intraformational
- preformationist
- electroformation
- misformation
- postformation
- unformation
- interformational
- back-formation
- re-formation
- osteoformation
- geoformation
- backformation
- formacar
- loan formation
- microformation
- nonformation
- subformation