Etymology

perchery

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Today it means: A series of cages, each containing several perches, in which hens are kept for intensive egg production. Full definition →

English perch ← Middle English perche ← Old French perche
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*perḱ-
  2. Ancient Greekπέρκη (pérkē)
  3. Latinperca
  4. Old Frenchperche
  5. Middle Englishperche
  6. Englishperch
  7. English todayperchery

From perch + -ery.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.