Furrower
/ˈfʌr.oʊ.ər/noun
A person or thing that makes furrows or grooves.
Did you know?Furrower is a straightforward agent noun from furrow, and furrow itself ultimately comes from a Proto-Indo-European root meaning to cut or split, tying it to a whole family of words about piercing and carving.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*per-
“to strike, pierce, or split”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*furhō / *furhōn
“a furrow, groove, or trench”
Old English
OE
furh
“a furrow, trench, or track in the ground”
Middle English
ME
furwe, furrow
“a groove made by a plow”
Modern English
English
furrow
“a long narrow groove in the ground or a wrinkle in the skin”
Modern English
English
furrower
“one who makes furrows”