English

forcer

From force + -er.

A compound of force + -er

Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- ‘to rise, high’

Latin fortis ‘strong’

Late Latin fortia

Old French force ‘strength’

Middle English force

English force

Today it means

noun The solid piston of a force pump; the instrument by which water is forced in a pump.

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