Where does “meanwhile garden” come from?
meanwhile garden (English) comes from English garden, from Middle English gardyn, from Middle Dutch gordine, from Old French cortine, from Late Latin cortina, from Latin cortina, from Latin cortem, from Latin cors — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
meanwhile garden (English): A community greenspace created temporarily on unused, derelict, or brownfield sites that are awaiting future permanent development; vacant land used for socially beneficial purposes until it is brought back into commercial or public use
Definitions
- A community greenspace created temporarily on unused, derelict, or brownfield sites that are awaiting future permanent development; vacant land used for socially beneficial purposes until it is brought back into commercial or public use
Ancestry of “meanwhile garden”, step by step
meanwhile garden traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English garden
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | garden | An outdoor area containing one or more types of... |
| 2 | Middle English | gardyn | garden; One's inner soul; Alternative form of... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | gordine | — |
| 4 | Old French | cortine | curtain |
| 5 | Late Latin | cortina | cauldron; curtain; curtain |
| 6 | Latin | cortina | cauldron, kettle; the sacred tripod of Apollo,... |
| 7 | Latin | cortem | accusative singular of cōrs |
| 8 | Latin | cors | Alternative form of cohors; farmyard or... |
| 9 | Latin | cohors | a court; a farmyard or enclosure; a retinue or... |
| 10 | Latin | co- | allomorph of con- |
| 11 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 12 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 13 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 17 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 18 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 19 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 20 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 21 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 22 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 23 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |