Where does “Hansard” come from?
Hansard derives from Middle English hansard, from Middle English -ard suffix, from Old French -ard, from Frankish -hard, from Proto-Germanic harduz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots ḱóm and ḱómsōd and kert-.
Hansard (English): A member of a Hanse, or a resident of a Hanse town
Definitions
- A member of a Hanse, or a resident of a Hanse town
Ancestry of “Hansard”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | hansard | merchant or citizen of a Hanseatic town; member... |
| 2 | Middle English | hanse | — |
| 3 | Old French | hanse | guild; guild fee; merchant guild; membership fee... |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | hansa | — |
| 5 | Old High German | hansa | group; community; guild |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *hansu | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hansō | A gathering, summation, mass, quantity, amount; A... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱómsōd | union; gathering; union, gathering |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 13 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |