English
difform
Difform comes from Old French difforme, and goes back to Latin forma ‘form’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEforma‘form’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400difforme
- Englishearliest quotation 1704difform
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEforma‘form’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400difforme
- Englishearliest quotation 1704difform
Earliest quotation: 1704, Isaac Newton, (please specify |book=1 to 3): “the unequal refractions of difform rays”.
Linked words
through Ancient Greek μορφή ‘shape, fashion, appearance, outward form,…’
through Etruscan *morma
transformation, informatics, uniformity, deformable, 16 more
through Latin forma ‘form’
information, formation, reform, formula, format, formal, uniform, inform, forma, fromage, deform, 24 more
Today it means
adj irregular in form; not uniform; anomalous or dissimilar
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin forma / difform