Where does “Form” come from?

Form (German) comes from Italian forma, from Russian фо́рма, from French forme, from Middle French forme, from Old French forme, from Latin fōrma, from Etruscan morma, from Ancient Greek μορφή — shape, form; appearance; outline.

Form (German): shape; form

Definitions

  1. shape; form

Ancestry of “Form”, step by step

Form traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian forma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianformaform; shape; mould
2Russianфо́рмаform
3Frenchformeshape; form
4Middle Frenchformeform
5Old Frenchformeshape, aspect, form
6Latinfōrmaform; figure, shape, appearance
7Etruscanmorma—
8Ancient Greekμορφήshape, form; appearance; outline

via Middle High German form

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanform—

Words derived from “Form”

Every word from Ancient Greek μορφή →