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Deform

3 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to distort or spoil the natural shape of something
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Stage 1 of 3
forma
Latin · ancient
"shape, mold"
shape, mold, combined with de- (away, reversal)
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Stage 2 of 3
deformare
Latin · ancient
"to disfigure, to distort shape"
to disfigure, to distort shape, from de- and formare
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Stage 3 of 3
deform
English · 1400s
"to spoil the natural shape of something"
settled as the English word for spoiling the natural shape of something
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