English

farm owner

From farm + owner.

A compound of farm + owner

Medieval Latin ferma

Anglo-Norman ferme ‘rent, lease, farm’

Middle English ferme ‘rent, revenue’

English farm

Proto-Germanic *aiginōną ‘to take possession of, own’

Proto-West Germanic *aiganōn

Old English āgnian ‘to own, take possession’

Old English āgnere ‘owner’

Middle English ouner

English owner

Today it means

noun An owner of a farm.

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

Etymograph / farm owner