Where does “orchard” come from?
Orchard comes from Middle English orcherd, from Old English orċeard, a compound of Old English ġeard meaning enclosure, from Proto-Germanic gardaz, from Proto-Indo-European gʰórdʰos, ultimately from the root ǵʰer-.
orchard (English): A garden or an area of land for the cultivation...
Definitions
- A garden or an area of land for the cultivation...
Ancestry of “orchard”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | orchard | — |
| 2 | Old English | orċeard | — |
| 3 | Old English | ġeard | garden, yard, fence, enclosure; yard, garden,... |
| 4 | Old French | guarde | protection; act of protecting; guard; inflection... |
| 5 | Old French | guarder | to protect; to guard; to look at |
| 6 | Frankish | wardēn | to protect; to guard, protect, watch over; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | wardāną | to guard, protect, watch over |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *warduz | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wēr- | true |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |