Where does “gardener” come from?

Gardener comes from Old Northern French gardinier, a person who tends a garden or enclosed space.

gardener (English): One who gardens; one who grows plants or...

Definitions

  1. One who gardens; one who grows plants or...

Ancestry of “gardener”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishgardenergardener; A tender of one's heart
2Old Northern Frenchgardinier
Every word from Old Northern French gardinierEvery word from Middle English gardener