Etymograph

English

deformable

Deformable comes from French déformer ‘to distort, to twist out of shape, to contort’, from Latin deformo ‘to form, fashion’, and ultimately from fōrma.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfōrma‘form’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfōrmō‘to shape, form, fashion, format’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdeformoas deformāre‘to form, fashion’
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentdéformer‘to distort, to twist out of shape, to contort’
  5. French, derivedc. 1600–presentdéformable
  6. Englishtodaydeformable

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfōrma‘form’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfōrmō‘to shape, form, fashion, format’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdeformoas deformāre‘to form, fashion’
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentdéformer‘to distort, to twist out of shape, to contort’
  5. French, derivedc. 1600–presentdéformable
  6. Englishtodaydeformable

Formed from deform + -able

Middle French deforme

Middle English deforme ‘out of shape, deformed’

English deform

Linked words

through Ancient Greek μορφή ‘shape, form’

morphology, morph, uniformity, 28 more

through Etruscan *morma

formula, uniform, transformation, formal, informatics, forma, 18 more

through Latin fōrma ‘form’

form, fromage, 28 more

through Latin fōrmō ‘to shape, form, fashion, format’

information, formation, reform, format, inform, 7 more

Today it means

adj Capable of being reshaped.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin fōrma / deformable

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