Where does “formellement” come from?

formellement (French) 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.

formellement (French): formally, in terms of form

Definitions

  1. formally, in terms of form

Ancestry of “formellement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchformelformal; official; adamant, positive, certain
2Latinformālisformal
3French-ïsme-ism, variant of -isme following vowels
4Latin-ismaAlternative form of -ismus; -ism
5Latin-ismus-ism
6Ancient Greek-ισμόςForms abstract nouns
7Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
8Proto-Indo-European-mósCreates action/result nouns from verb stems

Words derived from “formellement”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mós →Every word from French -ïsme →Every word from Ancient Greek -μός →