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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Vitruvius|origins=la fōrma}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [forˈmat.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''fōrmātiō''' ''f'' (genitive fōrmātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[fōrmō]] “to shape” with the suffix [[-tiō]], from [[fōrma]] “form”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Vitruvius, of a design for a building.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Vitruvius c. 84–c. 25 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a design, plan for a building, as in Vitruvius, and the action of forming, as in Seneca.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short note it is post-Augustan in its other uses.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Medieval Latin it meant creation.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it for forming, moulding, the creation of man, and the casting of metal.^(DMLBS) Through Old French ''formacion'' it gave [[en|formation]] in the late 14th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of forming.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A forming, shaping, [[m|en|formation]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # A design, plan.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Creation.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[fōrma]]

+ * [[fōrmābilis]]

+ * [[fōrmābilitās]]

+ * [[fōrmāceus]]

+ * [[fōrmālis]]

+ * [[fōrmāmentum]]

+ * [[fōrmaster]]

+ * [[fōrmātor]]

+ * [[fōrmātrīx]]

+ * [[fōrmātūra]]

+ * [[fōrmō]]

+ * [[en|formation]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}