Fork

Morpheme

Fork

Type

free base

Denotation

pronged, divided

Etymology

Middle English forke; Old English force, forca; Latin furca and reinforced by Anglo-Norman and Northern French forque, from Latin furca

Evidence

biforked, dungfork, forhead, fork, forkable, forkball, forkbeard, forked, forker, forking, forkless, forklift, forklike, forkload, forks, forktail, forkula, forkweed, forky, hayfork, pitchfork, unfork

Notes

fork, fourche, and furcate are doublets

See Also

Fourche, Furc, Spork, Foon