Etymology of the French word fourche
the French word
fourchederived from the Latin word
furca (fork; fork; prop)
Date
The earliest known usage of fourche in French dates from the 12th century.
Derivations in French
enfourcher,
fourchée,
fourch,
fourcher,
fourchette,
fourchon,
fourchu,
fourchet,
fourchure,
affourcherCognates
Danish
fork, Dutch
fork, English
fork, German
Forke, Icelandic
forkur, Italian
forca, Latin
furca, Norwegian
fork, Spanish
horca
