Where does “lard” come from?
Lard comes from Old French lard, from Latin lardum, from Ancient Greek λαρινός, ultimately from Ancient Greek λᾱρός meaning fat or lard.
lard (English): Fat from the abdomen of a pig, especially as...
Definitions
- Fat from the abdomen of a pig, especially as...
Ancestry of “lard”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | lard | Bacon; fatty cured pork |
| 2 | Middle English | lord | lord; Lord |
| 3 | Old English | hlāford | lord |
| 4 | Old English | hlāfweard | lord, master, husband |
| 5 | Old English | weard | guard; guard, the action of looking out for... |
| 6 | Old English | ōra | ore, unwrought metal |
| 7 | Old English | ēar | sea, ocean; grave, earth |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | ahaz | ear |
| 9 | Proto-Finnic | ahtas | narrow, cramped |
| 10 | Proto-Baltic | anśtas | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énǵʰus | narrow, tight |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂enǵʰ- | to constrict, tighten, compress; narrow, tight;... |