When you hear 'formula' are you hearing English or Latin?

'Formula' is a word borrowed from Latin 'formula'. The word entered the English language some time around 1618.

formula [noun] [1618]

• a set form of words for use in a ceremony or ritual
• a conventionalized statement intended to express some fundamental truth or principle especially as a basis for negotiat...
• recipe
• prescription

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Etymology: Latin, diminutive of 'forma' form

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