English
forkman
fork + -man
Formed from fork + -man
Latin furca ‘pitchfork, forked stake’
Proto-West Germanic *furkō
Old English force ‘forked instrument used to torture’
Middle English forke ‘digging fork’
English fork
Today it means
noun An agricultural worker who uses a fork.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / forkman