English
formula
Formula comes from Latin formula ‘a small pattern or mold, form, rule,…’, and goes back to forma.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEforma‘a form’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEformula‘a small pattern or mold’diminutive of forma
- Englishearliest quotation 2004formula
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEforma‘a form’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEformula‘a small pattern or mold’diminutive of forma
- Englishearliest quotation 2004formula
Earliest quotation: 2004, Thomas Fisch, Primary Readings on the Eucharist: “The extract from the Missal of Constance, which was…”
Linked words
through Ancient Greek μορφή ‘shape, fashion, appearance, outward form,…’
through Etruscan *morma
transformation, informatics, uniformity, deformable, 17 more
through Latin forma ‘a form’
information, formation, reform, format, formal, uniform, inform, forma, fromage, deform, 25 more
Today it means
noun Any mathematical rule expressed symbolically.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin forma / formula