Etymology

reform

Re·form
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Today it means: The change of something that is defective, broken, inefficient or otherwise negative, in order to correct or improve it Full definition →

Middle English reformen ← Old French reformer ← Latin reformo, reformare
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  1. French · derived fromréforme
  2. Latin · derived fromreformo, reformare
  3. Old French · derived fromreformer
  4. Middle English · inherited fromreformen
  5. English todayreform

From Middle English reformen, from Old French reformer, from Latin reformo, reformare. As a noun since 1660s, from French réforme.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.