furcate (adj.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[furcate 词源字典]
"forked, branching like the prongs of a fork," 1819, from Medieval Latin furcatus, from Latin furca "a two-pronged fork" (see fork (n.)). As a verb, from 1828 (implied in furcated).[furcate etymology, furcate origin, 英语词源]