Etymograph

English

farmerly

From farmer + -ly.

Formed from farmer + -ly

Proto-Germanic *ferhwō ‘life force, body, being’

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Medieval Latin firma ‘rent’

Medieval Latin firmarius ‘one to whom land is rented, a collector of…’

Old French fermier ‘a farmer, a lessee, husbandman, bailliff’

Middle English fermour ‘a steward, bailliff, collector of taxes’

English farmer

Today it means

adj Befitting a farmer.

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

Etymograph / farmerly