Etymology of the French word forme
the Old French word
formederived 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 forme in French dates from the 12th century.
Derivations in French
enformer,
formier,
informel,
formeret,
biforme,
anguilliforme,
diversiforme,
feldspathiforme,
lamelliforme,
mamelliforme,
microforme,
oléiforme,
plate-forme,
proforme,
préforme,
pseudo-forme,
spongiforme,
superforme,
surforme,
digitiforme,
maculiforme,
ombelliforme,
formetteDerivations in other languages
English
formCognates
Danish
forme, Danish
formere, Dutch
vormen, Dutch
vorm, Dutch
formeren, English
confirm, English
form, English
form up, French
confirmer, French
former, German
firmen, German
Form, German
formen, German
formieren, Icelandic
ferma, Italian
confermare, Italian
formare, Italian
forma, Italian
confirmare, Latin
forma, Lithuanian
forma, Norwegian
konfirmere, Norwegian
formen, Norwegian
formere, Polish
forma, Provençal
forma, Russian
фopмa, Spanish
forma, Spanish
confirmar, Spanish
formar, Swedish
konfirmera, Swedish
forma, Swedish
formeraUsage
Word found in Old French
