Where does “fromage” come from?

fromage (Norman) 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.

fromage (Norman): cheese

Definitions

  1. cheese

Ancestry of “fromage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfromagecheese
2Latinformāticumcheese
3Latinfōrmōto shape, form, fashion, format
4Latinfōrmaform; figure, shape, appearance
5Etruscanmorma
6Ancient Greekμορφήshape, form; appearance; outline
Every word from Ancient Greek μορφήEvery word from Etruscan mormaEvery word from Latin fōrma
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