English
sharefarming
From share + farming.
Proto-Indo-European *(s)koréh₂
Proto-Germanic *skarō ‘a division’
Proto-West Germanic *skaru
Old English sċearu ‘a cutting’
Middle English schare ‘a portion or share’
English share
Today it means
noun A joint system of farming in which farmers make use of agricultural assets they do not own in return for some percentage of the profits.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “sharefarming”. 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.
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