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Where does “farmaajo” come from?

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

farmaajo (Somali): cheese

Definitions

  1. cheese

Ancestry of “farmaajo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianformaggiocheese
2Old Frenchfromagecheese
3Latinformāticum—
4Latinfōrmō—
5Latinfōrma—
6Etruscanmorma—
7Ancient Greekμορφήshape, form; appearance; outline
Every word from Ancient Greek μορφή →