Where does “acre” come from?

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

Ancestry of “acre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishæcera field; a measure of land, originally the amount...
2Proto-Germanic*akr—
3Proto-Germanicakrazfield, open land
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éǵrosfield, pasturage

Words derived from “acre”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵros →Every word from Proto-Germanic akraz →Every word from Proto-Germanic *akr →
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