Where does “Hochformat” come from?

Hochformat (German) comes from German Format, from Latin formatus, from Latin fōrmō, from Latin fōrma, from Etruscan morma, from Ancient Greek μορφή — shape, form; appearance; outline.

Hochformat (German): upright format, portrait format

Definitions

  1. upright format, portrait format

Ancestry of “Hochformat”, step by step

Hochformat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Format

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFormatstature
2Latinformatusshaped, formed, fashioned, formatted
3Latinfōrmōto shape, form, fashion, format
4Latinfōrmaform; figure, shape, appearance
5Etruscanmorma—
6Ancient Greekμορφήshape, form; appearance; outline

via German hōch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanhōch—
2Middle High Germanhōch—
3Old High Germanhōhhigh, tall, elevated
4Proto-West Germanichauhhigh
5Proto-Germanichauhazhigh
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱewk-flare up, glow; white; to glow, burn, lighten
Every word from Ancient Greek μορφή →Every word from Etruscan morma →Every word from Latin fōrma →