English
fromagophile
Fromagophile 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–presentfromagophile
- Englishearliest quotation 1969same 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–presentfromagophile
- Englishearliest quotation 1969same form
Earliest quotation: 1969, Clay G. Greighbome, In the mouths of fromagophiles: “The cheese aspired to dizzy gustorial heights in the…”
Formed from fromage + -o- + -phile
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, uniformity, informatics, morph, deformable, 27 more
through Etruscan *morma
reform, formula, formation, uniform, format, formal, inform, forma, deform, 20 more
through Latin fōrma ‘mould’
Today it means
noun Synonym of turophile.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin fōrma / fromagophile