Etymology

fother

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Today it means: A load, a wagonload, especially any various English units of weight or volume based upon standardized cartloads of certain commodities. Full definition →

Middle English fother ← Old Norse fóðr ← Proto-Germanic *fōdrą
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*fōdrą
  2. Old Norse · derived fromfóðr
  3. Middle English · inherited fromfother
  4. English todayfother

From Middle English fother, fothir, from Old Norse fóðr (cognate to Old English fōdor), from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą (compare Dutch voer (“pasture, fodder”), German Futter (“feed”), Swedish foder). Doublet of fodder and foeder. More at food.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Germanic*fōdrą all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.