English

-form

Having the shape or form of; looking like.

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    Origin

    Etymology 1

    From Latin -fōrmis (“having the form of”), from fōrma (“a form, contour, figure, shape, appearance, looks”).

    Etymology 2

    From formic, from Latin formīca (“ant”).

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    • derivedLatin-fōrmis “having the form of”
      • derivedLatinforma “shape; figure; form”
        • derivedAncient Greekμορφή “shape, form”
    • derivedEnglishformic “Of or pertaining to ants.”
      • suffixEnglish-ic “Used to form adjectives from nouns with the meaning “of or pertaining to”.”
        • inheritedMiddle English-ik
    • derivedLatinformīca “ant”
      • inheritedProto-Italic*mormīkā
        • derivedProto-Indo-European*morwís “ant”

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