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Where does “formula” come from?

formula (Latin) comes 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.

formula (Latin): shape, outline; form; beauty; pattern, mould;...

Definitions

  1. shape, outline; form; beauty; pattern, mould;...

Ancestry of “formula”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
2Proto-Italic-olos—
3Proto-Italic-elos—
4Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
5Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “formula”

  • formula
  • formulate
  • formulaic
  • formulary
  • reformulate
  • formule
  • formulator
  • subformula
  • formulaically
  • formular
  • nonformulary
  • formulism
  • formulize
  • formulaicity
  • nonformulaic
  • formularise
  • reformulator
  • formularization
  • formulaicness
  • unformulaic
  • formulist
  • superformula
  • preformulate
  • stereoformula
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