ferme
Old French
noun
Definitions
- lease (letting agreement)
- the land leased
- farm
Etymology
Derived from Latin ferma derived from Old English feorm (supplies, rent, feast, provision, food, provisions, subsistence, tribute, entertainment) derived from Proto-Germanic *firmō derived from Proto-Indo-European *perkʷ- (tree, force, strength, life, body, encompass, world, fir, oak, surround).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*perkʷ-
Gloss
tree, force, strength, life, body, encompass, world, fir, oak, surround
Concept
Semantic Field
Quantity
Ontological Category
Classifier
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antifarm English
- aquafarm English
- farm English
- farm-mate English
- farmability English
- farmable English
- farmboy English
- farmcore English
- farmee English
- farmer English
- farmery English
- farmeth English
- farmette English
- farmgate English
- farmgirl English
- farmhand English
- farmhouse English
- farming English
- farmish English
- farmland English
- farmless English
- farmlet English
- farmlike English
- farmly English
- farmor English
- farmplace English
- farmscape English
- farmstall English
- farmstand English
- farmstay English
- farmstead English
- farmstock English
- farmward English
- farmwards English
- farmwear English
- farmwide English
- farmwife English
- farmwork English
- farmworker English
- farmyard English
- megafarm English
- microfarm English
- multifarm English
- nonfarm English
- nutfarm English
- overfarm English
- skyfarm English
- superfarm English
- underfarm English
- ferma Latin
- firma Latin
- farm Hungarian
- farmen Dutch, Flemish
- ferme French
- *perkʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *pérkus Proto-Indo-European
- *ferhwą Proto-Germanic
- *ferhwō Proto-Germanic
- *fermō Proto-Germanic
- *firhu- Proto-Germanic
- *firmō Proto-Germanic
- *furhiją Proto-Germanic
- farma Polish
- dægfeorm Old English
- feorm Old English
- feormeham Old English
- feormere Old English
- winterfeorm Old English
- ferme Middle English
- feirm Irish
- feirmeoir Irish
- ferm Old French
- ฟาร์ม Thai
- fferm Welsh
- ferme Middle French
- ifama Xhosa
- ferme xno
- famu Shona