farm

A1 Topic:Plants & Agriculture

US /fɑɹm/ UK /fɑːm/ See IPA manual

Freq #1901

Meanings

1

noun
An area of land and buildings used for growing crops or raising animals.

It takes several people to work the farm.
2

verb
To grow crops or raise animals on land for a living.

His family has farmed this land for generations.
3

noun
A place with many similar machines or structures used for one purpose.

The company built a huge wind farm on the coast.

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Word family

Forms farmedfarms

Derived forms allenfarmbaby-farmbeefarmfarm-matefarm-to-forkfarm-to-tablefarmer farmingglebe-farmnonfarmedrefarmedunfarmed

Related forms agriculture

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Simplified etymology

Farm is recorded from Middle English and shares with firm a root in Latin firmus. It originally meant a tax or rent.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English ferme, farme (“rent, revenue, produce, factor, stewardship, meal, feast”), influenced by Anglo-Norman ferme (“rent, lease, farm”), from Medieval Latin ferma, firma. There is debate as to whether Medieval Latin acquired this term from Old English feorm (“rent, provision, supplies, feast”), from Proto-Germanic *fermō, *firhuma- (“means of living, subsistence”), from Proto-Germanic *ferhwō (“life force, body, being”), from Proto-Indo-European *perkʷ- (“life, force, strength, tree”); or from Latin firmus (“solid, secure”), from Proto-Italic *fermos, from Proto-Indo-Eu…

*perkʷ- Proto-Indo-European ferme Middle English ferma la-med feorm Old English *fermō Proto-Germanic *ferhwō Proto-Germanic firmus Latin *fermos Proto-Italic

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Plants & Agriculture

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# farm

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /fɑɹm/
**IPA (UK):** /fɑːm/
**Frequency rank:** 1901

## Meanings
1. An area of land and buildings used for growing crops or raising animals.
2. To grow crops or raise animals on land for a living.
3. A place with many similar machines or structures used for one purpose.

## Examples
- It takes several people to work the farm.
- His family has farmed this land for generations.
- The company built a huge wind farm on the coast.

## Derived Forms
- allenfarm
- baby-farm
- beefarm
- farm-mate
- farm-to-fork
- farm-to-table
- farmer
- farming
- glebe-farm
- nonfarmed
- refarmed
- unfarmed

## Related Forms
- agriculture

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *perkʷ-
- Root: ferme
- Root: ferma
- Root: feorm
- Root: *fermō
- Root: *ferhwō
- Root: firmus
- Root: *fermos

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English ferme, farme (“rent, revenue, produce, factor, stewardship, meal, feast”), influenced by Anglo-Norman ferme (“rent, lease, farm”), from Medieval Latin ferma, firma. There is debate as to whether Medieval Latin acquired this term from Old English feorm (“rent, provision, supplies, feast”), from Proto-Germanic *fermō, *firhuma- (“means of living, subsistence”), from Proto-Germanic *ferhwō (“life force, body, being”), from Proto-Indo-European *perkʷ- (“life, force, strength, tree”); or from Latin firmus (“solid, secure”), from Proto-Italic *fermos, from Proto-Indo-Eu…

## AI Etymology
Farm is inherited from Middle English ferme, farme (“rent, revenue, produce, factor, stewardship, meal, feast”), influenced by Anglo-Norman ferme (“rent, lease, farm”), from Medieval Latin ferma, firma. In current use, the main senses are “An area of land and buildings used for growing crops or raising animals” and “To grow crops or raise animals on land for a living”.

## Topics
- Plants & Agriculture

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