formalis Latin · revision 8189

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Pliny the Elder|origins=la fōrma}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [foːrˈmaː.lɪs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [forˈmaː.lis]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''fōrmālis''' (neuter fōrmāle, adverb fōrmāliter); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[fōrma]] “form, mould” with the suffix [[-ālis]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Pliny the Elder, whom he dates 23/24–79 AD, and Pliny uses it of a bronze for making moulds.^(Köbler 2010)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Pliny the Elder it was the name of a bronze alloy used for moulds, and in Suetonius it meant serving as a model, theoretical, titular.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In scholastic and Ecclesiastical Latin it meant formal, having a set form.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it for formal, characteristic, and in medicine of a fever.^(DMLBS) It was borrowed into Italian ''formale'' and French ''formel'', and through Old French it gave [[en|formal]] in the late 14th century, of form or arrangement, and in philosophy of the form or essence of a thing.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it of a bronze.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 75–c. 150 AD – Suetonius uses it of a model.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English ''formal'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Used for making moulds.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Serving as a model; theoretical, titular.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' [[m|en|Formal]], having a set form.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[fōrma]]

+ * [[en|formal]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}