Etymology

-form

Today it means: Having the shape or form of; looking like. Full definition →

Latin -fōrmis
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

-form · suffix1

  1. Latin · derived from-fōrmis“having the form of”
  2. English today-form

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

-form · suffix2

  1. Latin · derived fromformīca“ant”
  2. English today-form

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

Words from the same roots

Latinformīca all →

formicformylformicationformicanformicantformicarianformicariumformicaryformicideformicivorousformicophilia

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.