fork English · revision 13337

− It is Middle English forke, [[bor|ang|forca|t=pitchfork, forked instrument or weapon]], force,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) a Germanic borrowing (compare Old Frisian forke, Dutch vork, Old Norse forkr) of Latin [[m|la|furca|t=two-pronged fork, pitchfork]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) a word of uncertain origin.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) It was reinforced in Middle English by Old North French forque, from the same Latin word.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998)