English
Frumușița
Frumușița comes from Romanian frumos ‘beautiful’, and goes back to Latin fōrma.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfōrma‘shape, beauty’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfōrmōsus‘beautiful, handsome’
- Romanianc. 1500–presentfrumos‘beautiful’
- Romanian, derivedc. 1500–presentFrumușița
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfōrma‘shape, beauty’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfōrmōsus‘beautiful, handsome’
- Romanianc. 1500–presentfrumos‘beautiful’
- Romanian, derivedc. 1500–presentFrumușița
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Ancient Greek μορφή ‘shape, form’
transformation, morphology, morph, informatics, uniformity, deformable, 27 more
through Etruscan *morma
reform, formation, format, formal, uniform, formula, inform, forma, deform, 20 more
through Latin fōrma ‘shape, beauty’
Today it means
name A commune and village in Galați County, Romania.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin fōrma / Frumușița