English
formosity
Formosity comes from Latin fōrmōsitās ‘beauty’, and goes back to fōrma.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfōrma‘shape, beauty’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEformōsus‘beautiful, handsome’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfōrmōsitās‘beauty’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400formosité
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500formosite‘beauty’
- Englishearliest quotation 1602formosity
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfōrma‘shape, beauty’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEformōsus‘beautiful, handsome’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfōrmōsitās‘beauty’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400formosité
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500formosite‘beauty’
- Englishearliest quotation 1602formosity
Earliest quotation: 1602, John Davies [i.e., John Davies of Hereford]: “In vaine therefore it is to beate our braines,…”
Linked words
through Ancient Greek μορφή ‘shape, form’
through Etruscan *morma
transformation, informatics, uniformity, deformable, 16 more
through Latin fōrma ‘shape, beauty’
information, formation, reform, formula, format, formal, uniform, inform, forma, fromage, deform, 24 more
Today it means
noun Beauty.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin fōrma / formosity