Etymology of the English word format
the English word
formatderived from the French word
formatderived from the German word
formatderived from the Latin word
liber (book, volume; inner bark of a tree; children; child; free; unimpeded; void of; unconstrained, unrestrained, unencumbered)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*leudh-derived from the Latin word
formatusderived from the Latin word
formare (form, shape, fashion)
derived from the Latin word
forma (form; shape, likeness; form, likeness; shape, form; form, figure, appearance)
derived from the Greek word
formaDate
The earliest known usage of format in English dates from the 19th century.
Derivations in other languages
Italian
formattareCognates
Danish
format, Dutch
formaat, English
formate, French
format, German
Format, Italian
formato, Latin
formatum, Lithuanian
formatas, Norwegian
format, Russian
фopмaт, Swedish
formatUsage
Word found in Modern English
