English word acre comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros (Field, pasturage.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| *h₂éǵros | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | Field, pasturage. |
| *akraz | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | Field, open land. |
| æcer | Old English (ang) | A field. A measure of land, originally the amount a yoke of oxen could plough in a day; an acre. |
| aker | Middle English (enm) | |
| acre | English (eng) | (informal, usually plural) A large quantity.. (informal, usually plural) A wide expanse.. (obsolete) A duel fought between individual Scots and Englishmen in the borderlands.. (obsolete) A field.. (obsolete) The acre's breadth by the length, English units of length equal to the statute dimensions of the acre: 22 yds (≈20 m) by 220 yrds (≈200 m).. An English unit of land area (symbol: a. or [...] |