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Where does “transformer” come from?

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

Ancestry of “transformer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatintransformoI transform
2Latinfōrmō—
3Latinfōrma—
4Etruscanmorma—
5Ancient Greekμορφήshape, form; appearance; outline

Words derived from “transformer”

  • transform
  • transformer
  • transformative
  • Transformer
  • transformable
  • autotransformer
  • transformism
  • transformability
  • transformist
  • transformatively
  • transformerless
  • retransform
  • biotransform
  • nontransformative
  • transformeth
  • untransformable
  • nontransformable
  • antitransform
  • transformest
  • transformerlike
  • supertransform
  • biotransformative
  • transformisme
  • transformiste
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