English
conformation
Conformation comes from Latin confōrmātiō ‘conformation, shape, form’, and goes back to cōnfōrmō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnfōrmō‘to form, fashion or shape (skilfully)’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEconfōrmātiō‘conformation, shape, form’
- Englishearliest quotation 1650conformation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnfōrmō‘to form, fashion or shape (skilfully)’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEconfōrmātiō‘conformation, shape, form’
- Englishearliest quotation 1650conformation
Earliest quotation: 1650, John Bulwer, The Artificial Changeling. […]: “Sennertus [Daniel Sennert] alſo, vvhere he vvrites De morbis…”
Equivalent to conform + -ation
Latin conformō ‘to mould, to shape after’
Anglo-Norman conformer
Middle English conformen ‘to approve, confirm, or certify’
English conform
Every English word from Latin cōnfōrmō
Today it means
noun The act of conforming; the act of producing conformity.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin cōnfōrmō / conformation