Etymology

conform

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Today it means: To adapt to something by more closely matching it, especially something normative. Full definition →

Middle English conformen ← Anglo-Norman conformer ← Latin conformāre
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromconformāre“to mould, to shape after”
  2. Anglo-Norman · derived fromconformer
  3. Middle English · inherited fromconformen
  4. English todayconform

From Middle English conformen, borrowed from Middle French and Anglo-Norman conformer, from Latin conformāre (“to mould, to shape after”).

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