English

furpiece

fur + piece

A compound of fur + piece

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

Late Latin pettia ‘fragment’

Old French piece

Middle English pece ‘piece’

English piece

Today it means

noun A neckpiece made from animal fur.

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

Etymograph / furpiece