Where does “fromage” come from?

fromage (French) comes from Middle French froumaige, from Old French fromage, from Latin formāticum, from Latin fōrmō, from Latin fōrma, from Etruscan morma, from Ancient Greek μορφή — shape, form; appearance; outline.

fromage (French): cheese

Definitions

  1. cheese

Ancestry of “fromage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchfroumaigecheese
2Old Frenchfromagecheese
3Latinformāticumcheese
4Latinfōrmōto shape, form, fashion, format
5Latinfōrmaform; figure, shape, appearance
6Etruscanmorma—
7Ancient Greekμορφήshape, form; appearance; outline

Words derived from “fromage”

Every word from Ancient Greek μορφή →Every word from Etruscan morma →Every word from Latin fōrma →