Word origin
[1775–85; ‹ F, MF, equiv. to
farc(
er) to joke, banter (deriv. of
farce farce) +
-eur -eur]This word is first recorded in the period 1775–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: backfire, cabriole, impact, interference, parachute-eur is a suffix occurring in loanwords from French, usually agent nouns formed from verbs(entrepreneur; voyeur), less commonly adjectives (agent provocateur)