formation的词源

英文词源

formation (n.): late 14c., "vital force in plants and animals;" early 15c., "act of creating or making," from Old French formacion "formation, fashioning, creation" (12c.) or directly from Latin formationem (nominative formatio) "a forming, shaping," noun of action or condition from past participle stem of formare "to form," from forma (see form (n.)). Meaning that which is formed or created" is from 1640s. In geology, "group of rocks having a similar origin or character," 1815. Related: Formational.

来源于拉丁语动词formare(形)的过去分词format.us。

与词根-form-(形)同源词根词缀： format + -ion

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：formation 词源，formation 含义。