Etymograph

English

furcon

From fur + con.

A compound of fur + con

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

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Proto-West Germanic *fōdr

Frankish *fōdar

Anglo-Norman forre ‘case’

Middle English furre

English fur

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm ‘with, along, at’

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Proto-Italic *kom- ‘together’

Proto-Italic *komteros ‘the other of the two who meet, opposite’

Proto-Italic *komterād

Latin contrā ‘against’

English con

Today it means

noun A furry convention.

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

Etymograph / furcon