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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old English | æcer | a field; a measure of land, originally the amount... |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | *akr | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | akraz | field, open land |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵros | field, pasturage |
Words derived from “acre”