English

fourpenny

From four + penny.

A compound of four + penny

Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr ‘four’

Proto-Germanic *fedwōr ‘four’

Proto-West Germanic *feuwar ‘four’

Old English fēower ‘four’

Middle English four

English four

Middle English peny ‘a penny or other silver coin’

English penny

Today it means

adj Costing fourpence.

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

Etymograph / fourpenny