Where does “æcer” come from?
æcer (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic *akr, from Proto-Germanic akraz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵros — field, pasturage.
æcer (Old English): a field; a measure of land, originally the amount...
Definitions
- a field; a measure of land, originally the amount...
Ancestry of “æcer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | *akr | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | akraz | field, open land |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵros | field, pasturage |
Words derived from “æcer”