Where does “acreman” come from?

acreman (English) comes from English acre, from Middle English acre, from Old English æcer, from Proto-Germanic *akr, from Proto-Germanic akraz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵros — field, pasturage.

acreman (English): A leader of a plowing team in medieval England

Definitions

  1. A leader of a plowing team in medieval England

Ancestry of “acreman”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishacreAn English unit of land area originally denoting...
2Middle Englishacre—
3Old Englishæcera field; a measure of land, originally the amount...
4Proto-Germanic*akr—
5Proto-Germanicakrazfield, open land
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éǵrosfield, pasturage
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵros →Every word from Proto-Germanic akraz →Every word from Proto-Germanic *akr →