fromage
French
Etymology
From Middle French froumaige, formage, from Old French formage, fourmage, frumage, fromage, from Vulgar Latin, Late Latin formāticum, from *formāticus [caseus], from Latin formō, formāre; cognates include Occitan and Catalan formatge, Italian formaggio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fʁɔ.maʒ/
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Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “fromage” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norman
Alternative forms
- fronmage (Jersey)
Etymology
From Old French fromage, from Vulgar Latin, Late Latin formāticum, from Latin formō, formāre (“shape, form, fashion, format”, verb).
Old French
Alternative forms
- frumage
- formage
- fourmage
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin, Late Latin formāticum, from *formāticus [caseus], from Latin formō, formāre.
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