Etymology

inform

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Today it means: To instruct, train (usually in matters of knowledge). Full definition →

Middle English informen ← Old French enformer ← Latin īnfōrmō
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inform · verb1

  1. Latin · derived fromīnfōrmō“to shape, form, train, instruct, educate”
  2. Old French · derived fromenformer
  3. Middle English · inherited frominformen
  4. English todayinform

From Middle English informen, enformen, borrowed from Old French enformer, informer (“to train, instruct, inform”), from Latin īnfōrmō (“to shape, form, train, instruct, educate”), from in- (“into”) + fōrma (“form, shape”), equivalent to in- + form.

inform · adjective2

  1. Latin · derived fromīnfōrmis
  2. English todayinform

From Latin īnfōrmis.

Words from the same roots

Latinīnfōrmis all →

informous

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