fèrme
Norman
Etymology 1
From Old French ferm, ferme (“solid”), from Latin firmus (“solid, secure”), from Proto-Indo-European *dher(ə)-, *dhrē- (“to hold”).
Adjective
fèrme m or f
Etymology 2
From Old French ferme (“lease for working, rent, farm”), from Medieval Latin ferma, firma (“rent, tax, tribute, farm”), from Old English feorm (“rent, provision, supplies, feast”), from Proto-Germanic *firmō, *firhuma- (“means of living, subsistence”), from *firhu- (“life force, body, being”), from Proto-Indo-European *perkʷ- (“life, force, strength, tree”).
Noun
fèrme f (plural fèrmes)
Derived terms
- fèrmer (“to farm”)
- valet d'fèrme (“farmhand”)
Related terms
- fèrmyi (“farmer”)
Categories:
- Norman terms inherited from Old French
- Norman terms derived from Old French
- Norman terms inherited from Latin
- Norman terms derived from Latin
- Norman terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Norman lemmas
- Norman adjectives
- Jersey Norman
- Norman terms derived from Medieval Latin
- Norman terms derived from Old English
- Norman terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Norman nouns
- Norman feminine nouns
- nrf:Agriculture