Where does “froumaige” come from?

froumaige (Middle French) 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.

froumaige (Middle French): cheese

Definitions

  1. cheese

Ancestry of “froumaige”, step by step

froumaige traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French fromage

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

via Old French formage

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchformage—
2Medieval Latinfōrmāticum—

Words derived from “froumaige”

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