English
profarmer
pro- + farmer
Proto-Indo-European *pér ‘through’
Proto-Indo-European *pró ‘forwards, before’
Proto-Italic *prō ‘in front of, before’
Latin prō ‘in favor of, on behalf of’
English pro-
Proto-Germanic *ferhwō ‘life force, body, being’
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Medieval Latin firma ‘rent’
Medieval Latin firmarius ‘one to whom land is rented, a collector of…’
Old French fermier ‘a farmer, a lessee, husbandman, bailliff’
Middle English fermour ‘a steward, bailliff, collector of taxes’
English farmer
Today it means
adj Supporting or assisting farmers.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / profarmer