Where does “acreage” come from?
Acreage derives from English acre, Old Norse akr, Old French -age, and Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵros, ultimately meaning a field or agricultural land.
acreage (English): Size, as measured in acres; An area of land...
Definitions
- Size, as measured in acres; An area of land...
Ancestry of “acreage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Acre | holiest city in the Baháʼí Faith |
| 2 | French | âcre | acrid, bitter; sour, bitter |
| 3 | Latin | ācer | sharp, sour, bitter, pungent |
| 4 | Latin | saccharum | sugar |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | σάκχαρ | sugar; sugar cane |
| 6 | Sanskrit | शर्करा | gravel, grit, pebbles, shingle, gravelly mould or... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | śárkaraH | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ćárkaraH | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorkeh₂ | gravel, boulder; boulder; gravel |