Word part · Latin root
The Latin root form
Means: shape.
At a glance
- Part
- form
- Meaning
- shape
- Layer
- Latin: Prefixes, suffixes and roots behind many school and book words.
Form is also a word by itself, which makes the meaning easy to check: transform means change the shape.
Example words
Read each word, then its sum: the parts that build it, and what they mean together.
Colors:prefixroot or basesuffix
- form (root or base)+al (suffix)→formal
following set rules; proper
- in (prefix)+form (root or base)+al (suffix)→informal
relaxed; not formal
- in (prefix)+form (root or base)→inform
put facts into someone's mind; tell
- in (prefix)+form (root or base)+ation (suffix)→information
facts that tell about something
- trans (prefix)+form (root or base)→transform
change the shape or form of
- form (root or base)+ation (suffix)→formation
the way something is shaped or arranged
- uni (prefix)+form (root or base)→uniform
clothes of one shape and style worn by everyone in a group
- uni (prefix)+form (root or base)+s (suffix)→uniforms
more than one uniform
- trans (prefix)+form (root or base)+ation (suffix)→transformation
a complete change of shape or form
- re (prefix)+form (root or base)→reform
shape again to make better
- con (prefix)+form (root or base)→conform
take the same shape as others; follow the rules
- form (root or base)on its own is the word form
the shape of something
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