French word formage comes from French former, French -age

Detailed word origin of formage

Dictionary entry	Language	Definition
former	French (fra)	To form (generic sense). To shape (to make into a certain shape). To train; to educate.
-age	French (fra)	(rare) Forming collective nouns.. Forming nouns with the sense of "action or result of Xing" or, more rarely, "action related to X".. Forming nouns with the sense of "state of being (a) X".
formage	French (fra)	Forming (metalworking).

Words with the same origin as formage