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Where does “formulieren” come from?

formulieren (German) comes from French formuler, from French formulé, from Latin formula, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

formulieren (German): to frame; formulate; to formulate

Definitions

  1. to frame; formulate; to formulate

Ancestry of “formulieren”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchformulerto formulate; to express; to word, to put into...
2Frenchformulépast participle of formuler
3Latinformulashape, outline; form; beauty; pattern, mould;...
4Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
5Proto-Italic-olos—
6Proto-Italic-elos—
7Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
8Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “formulieren”

  • umformulieren
  • Formulierung
  • Umformulierung
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