Where does “fourcher” come from?

fourcher (French) comes from French -er, from Middle French -er, from Old French -ier — suffix used to form infinitives of first...

fourcher (French): to fork; to make a slip of the tongue

Definitions

  1. to fork; to make a slip of the tongue

Ancestry of “fourcher”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
2Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
3Old French-iersuffix used to form infinitives of first...
Every word from Old French -ierEvery word from French -erEvery word from Middle French -er