English
fromagier
Fromagier 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’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentfromagier
- Englishearliest quotation 1993same 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’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentfromagier
- Englishearliest quotation 1993same form
Earliest quotation: 1993, Jacqueline Deval, Reckless Appetites: A Culinary Romance: “As I shopped in the market last week—the fromagier…”
Equivalent to fromage + -ier
Latin fōrma ‘mould’
Early Medieval Latin fōrmāticum
Old French formage
Middle French froumaige ‘cheese’
French fromage ‘cheese’
English fromage
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, formation, uniform, format, formal, inform, forma, deform, 20 more
through Latin fōrma ‘mould’
Today it means
noun A person who makes cheese.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin fōrma / fromagier