Etymograph

English

farmgate

From farm + gate.

A compound of farm + gate

Medieval Latin ferma

Anglo-Norman ferme ‘rent, lease, farm’

Middle English ferme ‘rent, revenue’

English farm

Proto-Germanic *gatą ‘hole, opening’

Proto-West Germanic *gat ‘opening, gate’

Old English ġeat ‘gate, door’

Middle English gate ‘gate’

English gate

Today it means

adj Describing the price of goods if they were purchased directly from a farm, without markup added by retailers; or this point in time, with regard to processes taking place earlier (such as fertilization) or later (such as packing and freezing).

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

Etymograph / farmgate