Where does “Formenlehre” come from?

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

Formenlehre (German): morphology

Definitions

  1. morphology

Ancestry of “Formenlehre”, step by step

Formenlehre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Form

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFormshape; form
2Italianformaform; shape; mould
3Russianфо́рмаform
4Frenchformeshape; form
5Middle Frenchformeform
6Old Frenchformeshape, aspect, form
7Latinfōrmaform; figure, shape, appearance
8Etruscanmorma—
9Ancient Greekμορφήshape, form; appearance; outline

via German Lehre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanLehreteaching, tenet; apprenticeship; doctrine
2Middle High Germanlēre—
3Old High Germanlērateaching, lore
4Proto-West Germaniclaiʀu—
5Proto-Germaniclaizōteaching; lore; doctrine
6Proto-Germaniclaizijanąto teach
7Proto-Indo-Europeanloyséyeti—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanleysto trace; to track
Every word from Ancient Greek μορφή →Every word from Etruscan morma →Every word from Latin fōrma →