Acre
/ˈeɪ.kər/noun
A unit of land area equal to 43,560 square feet, or a plot of land of that size.
Did you know?The word goes back to an ancient Indo-European root meaning “field” or “open land,” and its cousins survive in words like Latin ager and English agrarian.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h₂éǵros
“field, open land”
Ancient Greek
Greek
agros
“field, plain, countryside”
Latin
Latin
ager
“field, land, territory”
Old English
OE
æcer
“field, cultivated land”
Middle English
ME
aker
“field, a measure of land”
Modern English
English
acre
“a unit of land area; also a plot of land”
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