Where does “formaggio” come from?

formaggio (Italian) comes from Old French fromage, from Latin formāticum, from Latin fōrmō, from Latin fōrma, from Etruscan morma, from Ancient Greek μορφή — shape, form; appearance; outline.

formaggio (Italian): cheese

Definitions

  1. cheese

Ancestry of “formaggio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfromagecheese
2Latinformāticumcheese
3Latinfōrmōto shape, form, fashion, format
4Latinfōrmaform; figure, shape, appearance
5Etruscanmorma—
6Ancient Greekμορφήshape, form; appearance; outline

Words derived from “formaggio”

Every word from Ancient Greek μορφή →Every word from Etruscan morma →Every word from Latin fōrma →