Etymograph

English

foragemaster

From forage + master.

A compound of forage + master

Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- ‘to protect, to feed’

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Frankish *fōdar ‘fodder, sheath’

Old French fuerre ‘fodder, straw’

Old French fourage ‘animal fodder’

Middle English forage

English forage

Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s ‘big’

Old Latin magester

Latin magister ‘chief’

Old English mǣster

Middle English maister ‘master’

English master

Today it means

noun Somebody responsible for providing and transporting forage for animals.

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

Etymograph / foragemaster