The story
- Latin · derived fromfurca“fork”
- Medieval Latin · borrowed fromfurcātus“forked, branched”
- English todayfurcocercous
From Medieval Latin furcātus (“forked, branched”), from Latin furca (“fork”) + -cercous.
Words from the same roots
Medieval Latinfurcātus all →
furcate
Latinfurca all →
furcalfurcatefurciform
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.