Etymology of the French word former
the French word
formerderived 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 former in French dates from the 12th century.
Derivations in French
formage,
formé,
préformer,
formable,
préformant,
reformerCognates
Danish
forme, Danish
formere, Dutch
vormen, Dutch
vorm, Dutch
formeren, English
confirm, English
form, English
form up, French
confirmer, French
forme, 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
formera
