Etymology

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Middle English formosite ← Old French formosité ← Latin fōrmōsitās
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  1. Latin · derived fromfōrmōsitās“beauty”
  2. Old French · derived fromformosité
  3. Middle English · inherited fromformosite
  4. English todayformosity

From Late Middle English formosite, formosyte, from Old French formosité, from Latin fōrmōsitās (“beauty”). Cognate to French formosité, Scots formosite.

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