Where does “formative” come from?

Formative comes from Middle French formatif, meaning "serving to form or shape."

formative (English): Of or pertaining to the formation and subsequent...

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to the formation and subsequent...

Ancestry of “formative”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishformativformative
2Middle Frenchformatif—
3Medieval Latinformātīvus—
4Latinformatusshaped, formed, fashioned, formatted
5Latinfōrmōto shape, form, fashion, format
6Latinfōrmaform; figure, shape, appearance
7Etruscanmorma—
8Ancient Greekμορφήshape, form; appearance; outline

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