Where does “forma” come from?

forma (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Italian forma, from Russian фо́рма, from French forme, from Middle French forme, from Old French forme, from Latin fōrma, from Etruscan morma, from Ancient Greek μορφή — shape, form; appearance; outline.

Ancestry of “forma”, step by step

forma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian forma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianformaform; shape; mould
2Russianфо́рмаform
3Frenchformeshape; form
4Middle Frenchformeform
5Old Frenchformeshape, aspect, form
6Latinfōrmaform; figure, shape, appearance
7Etruscanmorma
8Ancient Greekμορφήshape, form; appearance; outline

via French format

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchformatformat
2GermanFormatstature
3Latinformatusshaped, formed, fashioned, formatted
4Latinfōrmōto shape, form, fashion, format
5Proto-Germanicfrumôfirst
Every word from Ancient Greek μορφή