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Borrowed from French and Latin Acre, from Ancient Greek Ἄκο (Áko) or Ἄκη (Ákē), from Hebrew עכו (ʿAkko), of unknown origin.

From Portuguese Acre, of uncertain origin.

Probably a variant of Acker or Acree/Ackary, though also possibly Americanization of Norwegian Aakre or Low German Egger.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2eǵ-? Proto-Indo-European *h2éǵros Proto-Germanic *akraz Proto-West Germanic *akr Old English æcer Middle English aker English acre From Middle English acre, aker, from Old English æcer (“field where crops are grown”), from Proto-West Germanic *akr, from Proto-Germanic *akraz (“field”), from Proto-Indo-European *h2éǵros (“field”). Doublet of agriculture. Cognate with Scots acre, aker, acker (“acre, field, arable land”), North Frisian ecir (“field, a measure of land”), West Frisian eker (“field”), Dutch akker (“field”), German Acker (“field, acre”), Norwegian åker (“field”) and Swedish åker (“field”), Icelandic akur (“field”), Latin ager (“land, field, acre, countryside”), Ancient Greek ἀγρός (agrós, “field”), Sanskrit अज्र (ájra, “field, plain”).

99 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: عَكَّا (ʕakkā) — city
• Armenian: Աքքա (Akʻkʻa) — city
• Chinese Mandarin: 阿科 (Ākē) — city
• Dutch: Akko — city
• French: Acre — city
• German: Akkon — city
• Ancient Greek: Ἄκο (Áko) — city
• Ancient Greek: Ἄκη (Ákē) — city
• Ancient Greek: Πτολεμαΐς (Ptolemaḯs) — city
• Hawaiian: ʻAko — city
• Hebrew: עַכּוֹ ('áko) — city
• Italian: Acri — city
• Latin: Acre — city
• Latin: Ptolemāis — city
• Māori: Aka — city
• Persian: عکا ('Akkâ) — city
• Persian: عکه ('Akke) — city
• Phoenician: 𐤏𐤊 (ʿk) — city
• Polish: Akka — city
• Portuguese: Acre — city
• Russian: А́кко (Ákko) — city
• Russian: А́кка (Ákka) — city
• Russian: А́кра (Ákra) — city
• Spanish: Acre — city
• Turkish: Akka — city
• Ottoman Turkish: عكا — city
• Urdu: عکا ('akkā) — city
• Urdu: عکہ ('akka) — city
• Arabic: أَكْرِي (ʔakrī) — state in north-western Brazil
• Armenian: Ակրի (Akri) — state in north-western Brazil
• Chinese Mandarin: 阿克里州 (Ākèlǐ Zhōu) — state in north-western Brazil
• French: Acre — state in north-western Brazil
• Georgian: აკრი (aḳri) — state in north-western Brazil
• Greek: Άκρε (Ákre) — state in north-western Brazil
• Japanese: アクレ (Akure) — state in north-western Brazil
• Korean: 아크리 (akeuri) — state in north-western Brazil
• Portuguese: Acre — state in north-western Brazil
• Russian: А́кри (Ákri) — state in north-western Brazil
• Spanish: Acre — state in north-western Brazil
• Ukrainian: А́крі (Ákri) — state in north-western Brazil
• Arabic: آكِر (ʔākir) — unit of surface area
• Bulgarian: а́кър (ákǎr) — unit of surface area
• Burmese: ဧက (eka.) — unit of surface area
• Catalan: acre — unit of surface area
• Chinese Mandarin: 英畝 /英亩 (yīngmǔ) — unit of surface area
• Czech: akr — unit of surface area
• Esperanto: akreo — unit of surface area
• Estonian: aaker — unit of surface area
• Faroese: ekra — unit of surface area
• Finnish: eekkeri — unit of surface area
• French: acre — unit of surface area
• Galician: acre — unit of surface area
• Georgian: აკრი (aḳri) — unit of surface area
• German: Morgen — unit of surface area
• German: Acker — unit of surface area
• German: Joch — unit of surface area
• German: Joch Landes — unit of surface area
• German: Juchart — unit of surface area
• Greek: έικρ (éikr) — unit of surface area
• Hausa: ēkā̀ — unit of surface area
• Hungarian: angol hold — unit of surface area
• Indonesian: ekar — unit of surface area
• Irish: acra — unit of surface area
• Italian: acro — unit of surface area
• Japanese: エーカー (ēkā) — unit of surface area
• Korean: 에이커 (eikeo) — unit of surface area
• Central Kurdish: بەرجووت (bercût) — unit of surface area
• Malay: ekar — unit of surface area
• Māori: eka — unit of surface area
• Navajo: náhásdzo hayázhí dikʼą́ — unit of surface area
• Niuean: eka — unit of surface area
• Norman: acre — unit of surface area
• Old English: æcer — unit of surface area
• Persian: جریب (jerib) — unit of surface area
• Plautdietsch: Aka — unit of surface area
• Polish: akr — unit of surface area
• Portuguese: acre — unit of surface area
• Portuguese: jeira — unit of surface area
• Russian: акр (akr) — unit of surface area
• Samoan: 'eka — unit of surface area
• Scottish Gaelic: acaire — unit of surface area
• Serbo-Croatian: акер — unit of surface area
• Serbo-Croatian: aker — unit of surface area
• Serbo-Croatian: jutro — unit of surface area
• Serbo-Croatian: ral — unit of surface area
• Lower Sorbian: morgen — unit of surface area
• Spanish: acre — unit of surface area
• Swahili: ekari — unit of surface area
• Telugu: ఎకరా (ekarā) — unit of surface area
• Telugu: ఎకరము (ekaramu) — unit of surface area
• Thai: เอเคอร์ (ee-kə̂ə) — unit of surface area
• Ukrainian: акр (akr) — unit of surface area
• Vietnamese: mẫu Anh — unit of surface area
• Vietnamese: mẫu tây — unit of surface area
• Volapük: göded — unit of surface area
• Welsh: erw — unit of surface area
• Yiddish: אַקער (aker) — unit of surface area
• Yoruba: eékà — unit of surface area
• Yoruba: sarè — unit of surface area