Where does “formatif” come from?

formatif (Middle French) comes from Medieval Latin formātīvus, from Latin formatus, from Latin fōrmō, from Latin fōrma, from Etruscan morma, from Ancient Greek μορφή — shape, form; appearance; outline.

Ancestry of “formatif”, step by step

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

Words derived from “formatif

Every word from Ancient Greek μορφή