Etymograph

English

re-formation

Originally a variant of reformation.

Formed from re- + formation

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Latin fōrma ‘form’

Latin fōrmō ‘to shape’

Latin fōrmātiō ‘the act of shaping’

Old French formacion

Middle English formacioun

English formation

The story

In later use also independently from re- + formation, after re-form.

Today it means

noun A new formation (a subsequent coming together of the elements of a former grouping).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / re-formation