英文词源
- formal (adj.)
- late 14c., "pertaining to form or arrangement;" also, in philosophy and theology, "pertaining to the form or essence of a thing," from Old French formal, formel "formal, constituent" (13c.) and directly from Latin formalis, from forma "a form, figure, shape" (see form (n.)). From early 15c. as "in due or proper form, according to recognized form," As a noun, c. 1600 (plural) "things that are formal;" as a short way to say formal dance, recorded by 1906 among U.S. college students.
中文词源
来自form, 模式。即模式化的，正式的。
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：formal 词源，formal 含义。
词根词缀： -form-形 + -al形容词词尾
