English
conformity
Conformity comes from Middle French conformité.
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600conformité
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500conformyte
- Englishearliest quotation 1967conformity
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600conformité
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500conformyte
- Englishearliest quotation 1967conformity
Earliest quotation: 1967, Tynan, Kenneth: “How far should one accept the rules of the…”
Equivalent to conform + -ity
Latin conformō ‘to mould, to shape after’
Anglo-Norman conformer
Middle English conformen ‘to approve, confirm, or certify’
English conform
Every English word from Middle French conformité
Today it means
noun The state of things being similar or identical.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle French conformité / conformity