Etymograph

English

fromager

Fromager comes from French fromager ‘related to cheese making, especially the…’, and goes back to Latin fōrma ‘mould’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfōrma1‘mould’
  2. Early Medieval Latinmodernfōrmāticum1
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400formage1
  4. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600froumaige1‘cheese’
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presentfromage2‘cheese’
  6. French, derivedc. 1600–presentfromager3‘related to cheese making, especially the industry’
  7. Englishtodayfromager3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, French fromage
  2. 2 Wiktionary, French fromager
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English fromager

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfōrmaWiktionary, French fromage‘mould’
  2. Early Medieval LatinmodernfōrmāticumWiktionary, French fromage
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400formageWiktionary, French fromage
  4. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600froumaigeWiktionary, French fromage‘cheese’
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presentfromageWiktionary, French fromager‘cheese’
  6. French, derivedc. 1600–presentfromagerWiktionary, English fromager‘related to cheese making, especially the industry’
  7. EnglishtodayfromagerWiktionary, English fromager

Linked words

through Ancient Greek μορφή ‘shape, fashion, appearance, outward form,…’

transformation, morphology, morph, uniformity, informatics, deformable, 27 more

through Etruscan *morma

information, reform, formula, formation, uniform, format, formal, inform, forma, deform, 20 more

through Latin fōrma ‘mould’

form, 34 more

Today it means

noun A cheese merchant.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “fromager”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for French fromage, French fromager. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Latin fōrma / fromager

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