Etymograph

English

formbook

From form + book.

A compound of form + book

Latin fōrma ‘shape’

Old French forme ‘shape’

Middle English forme ‘shape’

English form

Proto-Germanic *bōks ‘letter’

Proto-West Germanic *bōk ‘inscribed billet, letter’

Old English bōc

Middle English bok ‘a document’

English book

Today it means

noun A book that lists the current form of racehorses (position in recent races, times fallen, weights carried etc)

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

Etymograph / formbook