English
fromage
Fromage comes from French fromage ‘cheese’, and goes back to Latin fōrma ‘mould’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfōrma‘mould’
- Early Medieval Latinmodernfōrmāticum
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400formage
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600froumaige‘cheese’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentfromage‘cheese’
- Englishearliest quotation 1836same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfōrma‘mould’
- Early Medieval Latinmodernfōrmāticum
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400formage
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600froumaige‘cheese’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentfromage‘cheese’
- Englishearliest quotation 1836same form
Earliest quotation: 1836, Louis Eustache Ude, Fromages or Cheeses, or Iced Bavarian Cheeses: “It will be necessary to premise, that there is…”
Linked words
through Ancient Greek μορφή ‘shape, fashion, appearance, outward form,…’
transformation, morphology, morph, uniformity, informatics, deformable, 27 more
through Etruscan *morma
information, reform, formula, uniform, formation, format, formal, inform, forma, deform, 20 more
through Latin fōrma ‘mould’
Today it means
noun Synonym of cheese.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin fōrma / fromage