Farmhand
/ˈfɑːrmˌhænd/noun
A person employed to do manual work on a farm.
Did you know?Farmhand is a straightforward compound of Old English roots, not a mystical term, but it preserves one of the oldest human ideas: the hand as the tool that turns earth into survival.
Etymological Timeline
Old English
OE
feorm
“provisions, food-rent, sustenance”
Old English
OE
hand
“the hand; the human hand as an instrument”
Middle English
ME
farm + hand
“a person who works on a farm by hand”
Modern English
English
farmhand
“a hired worker on a farm”