English

Farcet

Farcet comes from Middle English Farresheved, and goes back to Old English *Fearreshēafod.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of fearres ‘bull’ + hēafod ‘head’

Proto-Indo-European *perh₃- ‘to provide’

Proto-Germanic *farzô ‘bull, steer’

Proto-Germanic *farzaz ‘bull’

Proto-West Germanic *farʀ

Old English fearr ‘bull’

Proto-Indo-European *káput-

Proto-Germanic *haubudą ‘head’

Proto-West Germanic *haubud

Old English hēafod ‘head’

Every English word from Old English *Fearreshēafod

name A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England, south of Peterborough (OS grid ref TL2094).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.