farm

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[edit] English

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Photo of a farm, by Ansel Adams

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Etymology

From Middle English ferme, farme (“rent, revenue, produce, factor, stewardship, meal, feast”), from Old English feorm, farm (“provision, food, supplies, provisions supplied by a tenant or vassal to his lord, rent, possessions, stores, feast, entertainment, haven”) (whence also Medieval Latin ferma, firma), from Proto-Germanic *ferhmō (“means of living, subsistence”), from Proto-Germanic *ferhwō (“life force, body, being”), from Proto-Indo-European *perkʷ- (“life, force, strength, tree”). Related to Old English feorh (“life, spirit”), German Ferch (“life, blood”), Icelandic fjör (“life, vitality, vigour, animation”), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍈𐌿𐍃 (fairƕus, “the world”). Compare also Old English feormehām (“farm”), feormere (“purveyor, grocer”).

Old English feorm is the origin of Medieval Latin ferma, firma (“farm", also "feast”) (whence also Old French ferme, Occitan ferma), instead of the historically assumed derivation from unrelated Latin firma (“firm, solid”), which shares the same form. The sense of "rent, fixed payment", which was already present in the Old English word, may have been further strengthened due to resemblance to Latin firmitas (“security, surety”). Additionally, Old French ferme continued to shape the development of the English word throughout the Middle English period [1][2][3].

[edit] Noun

farm (plural farms)

  1. (obsolete) food; a meal
  2. A place where agricultural and similar activities take place, especially the growing of crops or the raising of livestock
  3. (usually in combination) A location used for an industrial purpose, having many similar structures
    fuel farm; wind farm; antenna farm
  4. (computing) A group of coordinated servers
    a render farm; a server farm

[edit] Translations

a place where agricultural activities take place

[edit] Verb

farm (third-person singular simple present farms, present participle farming, simple past and past participle farmed)

  1. (intransitive) To work on a farm, especially in the growing and harvesting of crops
  2. (transitive) To grow a particular crop
  3. (video games, chiefly online gaming) The practice of grinding in a particular area or set of enemies for a particular drop (or set thereof)

[edit] Translations

to work on a farm
to grow a particular crop

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[edit] References

  1. ^ The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, "farm".
  2. ^ Wedgwood, Atkinson, A dictionary of English etymology, Farm.
  3. ^ Mantello, Rigg, Medieval Latin: an introduction and bibliographical guide, 11.3

[edit] See also

[edit] Dutch

[edit] Verb

farm

  1. first-person singular present indicative of farmen.
  2. imperative of farmen.

[edit] Volapük

[edit] Noun

farm (plural farms)

  1. farm

[edit] Declension

declension of farm
singular plural
nominative farm farms
genitive farma farmas
dative farme farmes
accusative farmi farmis
predicative farmu farmus
vocative o farm! o farms!
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