acre

acre · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-?
2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵros
3. Proto-Germanic*akraz
4. Proto-West Germanic*akr
5. Old Englishæcer
6. Middle Englishaker
7. English todayacre

From Middle English acre, aker, from Old English æcer (“field where crops are grown”), from Proto-West Germanic *akr, from Proto-Germanic *akraz (“field”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros (“field”). Doublet of agriculture. Cognate with Scots acre, aker, acker (“acre, field, arable land”), North Frisian ecir (“field, a measure of land”), West Frisian eker (“field”), Dutch akker (“field”), German Acker (“field, acre”), Norwegian åker (“field”) and Swedish åker (“field”), Icelandic akur (“field”), Latin ager (“land, field, acre, countryside”), Ancient Greek ἀγρός (agrós, “field”), Sanskrit अज्र (ájra, “field, plain”).

Acre · proper noun²

1. Hebrew · derived fromעכו
2. Ancient Greek · derived fromἌκο
3. Latin · borrowed fromAcre
4. English todayAcre

Borrowed from French and Latin Acre, from Ancient Greek Ἄκο (Áko) or Ἄκη (Ákē), from Hebrew עכו (ʿAkko), of unknown origin.

Acre · proper noun³

1. Portuguese · borrowed fromAcre
2. English todayAcre

From Portuguese Acre, of uncertain origin.

Acre · proper noun⁴

Probably a variant of Acker or Acree/Ackary, though also possibly Americanization of Norwegian Aakre or Low German Egger.

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