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agro m. (Noun) "field" Very late 16th cent. From Vulgar Latin *acrus 'id.' From Latin ager 'id.' From Proto-Italic *agro- 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-ro- 'id.' Indo-European Romance Asturian agru, Portuguese agro, Catalan agre, Old French aire, Italian acro, Aromanian acru, Romanian acru, Sardinian akru Italic Umbrian ager "field," South Picene akren "on the land" Germanic Gothic akrs "field," Old Norse akr 'id.,' Old High German ackar 'id.,' Old Saxon akkar 'id.,' English acre Hellenic Ancient Greek ἀγρός (agrós) "field," Mycenaean a-ko-ro 'id.' Armenian Armenian art "field" Indo-Iranian Sanskrit ájra- "field" Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman. Online. Ed. by É. Buchi & W. Schweickard. 2018. http://www.atilf.fr/DERom. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.