Format
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mid 19th century: via French and German from Latin formatus (liber) ‘shaped (book)’, past participle of formare ‘to form’.
wiktionary
Via French format and German Format, from New Latin liber fōrmātus(“book fashioned”), from fōrmō(“I shape, fashion”).
etymonline
format (n.)
1840, "shape and size" (of a book), via French format (18c.), ultimately from Modern Latin liber formatus "a book formed" in a certain shape and size, from past participle of formare "to form," from forma "form, shape" (see form (n.)). Extended to computers by 1955.
format (v.)
"arrange into a format," 1964, in reference to electronic computing, from format (n.). Related: Formatted; formatting.
