Meaning

noun cutlery used for serving and eating food

noun the act of branching out or dividing into branches

noun the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches

originFrom Middle English forke (“digging fork”), from Old English force, forca (“forked instrument used to torture”), from Proto-West Germanic *furkō (“fork”), from Latin furca (“pitchfork, forked stake; gallows, beam, stake, support post, yoke”), of uncertain origin. The Middle English word was later reinforced by Anglo-Norman, Old Northern French forque (= Old French forche whence French fourche),…

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