English
Fouracre
From four + acre, a topographic or status surname for someone occupying or owning a holding of four acres.
Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr ‘four’
Proto-Germanic *fedwōr ‘four’
Proto-West Germanic *feuwar ‘four’
Old English fēower ‘four’
Middle English four
English four
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros ‘field’
Proto-Germanic *akraz ‘field’
Proto-West Germanic *akr ‘field, open land’
Old English æcer ‘field where crops are grown’
Middle English acre
English acre
Today it means
name A surname.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Fouracre