Where does “fars” come from?

fars (Swedish) comes from French farce, from Old French farse, from Old French farsir, from Latin farcio, from Proto-Italic farkjō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrekʷ- — to condense; to crowd together.

fars (Swedish): a farce; a parody or comedy

Definitions

  1. a farce; a parody or comedy

Ancestry of “fars”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfarcestuffing; farce
2Old Frenchfarse—
3Old Frenchfarsir—
4LatinfarcioI cram, stuff
5Proto-Italicfarkjōto stuff
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrekʷ-to condense; to crowd together

Words derived from “fars”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Italic farkjō →Every word from Latin farcio →