Etymograph

English

farcy

Farcy comes from Latin farcīminum ‘a disease of horses’, from farcīmen ‘pustule’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥kʷyéti.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰr̥kʷyéti1reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*farkiō1reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfarciō2‘to stuff, to fill’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfarcīmen3‘pustule’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfarcīminōsus3
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfarcīminum2‘a disease of horses’
  7. Frenchc. 1600–presentfarcin2
  8. Englishtodayfarcy2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin farcio
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English farcy
  3. 3 Wiktionary, Latin farciminum

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰr̥kʷyétiWiktionary, Latin farcioreconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*farkiōWiktionary, Latin farcioreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfarciōWiktionary, English farcy‘to stuff, to fill’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfarcīmenWiktionary, Latin farciminum‘pustule’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfarcīminōsusWiktionary, Latin farciminum
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfarcīminumWiktionary, English farcy‘a disease of horses’
  7. Frenchc. 1600–presentfarcinWiktionary, English farcy
  8. EnglishtodayfarcyWiktionary, English farcy

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *bʰrekʷ- ‘to stuff’

frequent, frequency, 2 more

through Latin farciō ‘to stuff, to fill’

farce

Today it means

noun The horse disease glanders, especially its cutaneous form.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “farcy”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin farcio, Latin farciminum. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥kʷyéti / farcy

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