Etymology of the French word format
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 French dates from the 18th century.
Derivations in other languages
English
format, Romanian
formatCognates
Danish
format, Dutch
formaat, English
format, English
formate, German
Format, Italian
formato, Latin
formatum, Lithuanian
formatas, Norwegian
format, Russian
фopмaт, Swedish
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