Lemizh / English dictionary
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càx.
to make/cultivate fields (for growing crops); (board games, especially chess) to make spaces, squares
Etymology
< NLem cOx‑a
< LMLem cÒx‑yr
< MLem cOOxe‑yr, haplology of
< OLem zhöxēr‑
< PLem *dzō‑xār‑ ‘field (for growing crops)’, compound of
PLem *dzō‑ ‘grain, seed’
< PIE *dʰóh₁n‑eh₂
—and—
PLem *xār‑ ‘field, pasture land’
< PIE *h₂ég̑r‑os
Cognates
Eng acre, Lat ager ‘field, land’