Latin word root · Form & Making

form-: shape, form

form- is a Latin root meaning “shape, form”. Learn its variants and explore 6 connected words.

Meaning and variants

Meaning: shape, form

Root forms: form-

Source word: fōrma — form; figure, shape, appearance

Word family and examples

• reform

  to make changes in order to improve something

• formation

  The act of assembling a group or structure.

• formal

  In accordance with established forms.

• inform

  To instruct, train (usually in matters of knowledge).

• formative

  Capable of forming something.

• chloroform

  A halogenated hydrocarbon, trichloromethane, CHCl₃; it is a volatile, sweet-smelling liquid, used extensively as a solvent and formerly as an anesthetic.

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