From Latin 'fōrma' (shape, mold) — possibly related to Greek 'morphē' by metathesis, spawning one of English's largest word families.
The visible shape or configuration of something; a particular way in which a thing exists or appears; a type or variety; a document with blank spaces for information; (verb) to bring together or create; to shape or mold.
From Old French 'forme' (form, shape, appearance), from Latin 'fōrma' (form, shape, figure, mold, beauty, plan, pattern). The ultimate origin of Latin 'fōrma' is debated — one theory derives it from Greek 'morphē' (form, shape) by metathesis (the reordering of sounds: *morphā → *formā), while others suggest an Etruscan or pre-Italic substrate origin. The PIE connection, if the Greek derivation holds
The relationship between Latin 'fōrma' (form) and Greek 'morphē' (form) has puzzled linguists for centuries. The two words share the same meaning, the same consonants (f/m, r, m/f), but in mirror-reversed order — a phenomenon called metathesis. If 'fōrma' is indeed 'morphē' with its sounds rearranged, it would be one of the most consequential metatheses in language history, since both words generated enormous word families