Where does “fromage” come from?

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

fromage (Old French): cheese

Definitions

  1. cheese

Ancestry of “fromage”, step by step

fromage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin formāticum

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

via Late Latin formaticum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinformaticumcheese

Words derived from “fromage”

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