English
formatize
From format + -ize.
Formed from format + -ize
Latin fōrma ‘form, shape’
Latin fōrmō ‘to shape, fashion’
New Latin liber fōrmātus ‘book shaped (in a given way)’
German Format ‘format’
French format ‘format’
English format
Today it means
verb To trim or add to a picture in order to make it fit into a standard frame size.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / formatize