The story
- Latin · derived from-ger“carrier, bearer”
- Latin · derived fromfalc-“sickle, scythe”
- English todayfalciger
From Latin falc- (“sickle, scythe”) + -i- + Latin -ger (“carrier, bearer”), from gerere (“bear, carry”).
Words from the same roots
Latinfalx all →
falciparumfalchionfalxfalcadefalcer
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.