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