Shape
/ʃeɪp/noun
The form or outline of something; also, to give something a particular form.
Did you know?In Old English, the ancestor of “shape” was tied to the idea of making or creating, and it later developed into the physical sense of form and appearance.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*skapjaną
“to create, make, shape”
Old English
OE
sceap
“form, condition, creation”
Middle English
ME
shape
“form, appearance, figure”
Modern English
English
shape
“the external form or outline of something; to give form to”