Where does “orchardgrass” come from?
orchardgrass (English) comes from English orchard, from Middle English orchard, from Old English orċeard, from Old English ġeard, from Old French guarde, from Old French guarder, from Frankish wardēn, from Proto-Germanic wardāną — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
orchardgrass (English): Any of various grasses of the genus "Dactylis",...
Definitions
- Any of various grasses of the genus "Dactylis",...
Ancestry of “orchardgrass”, step by step
orchardgrass traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English orchard
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | orchard | A garden or an area of land for the cultivation... |
| 2 | Middle English | orchard | — |
| 3 | Old English | orċeard | — |
| 4 | Old English | ġeard | garden, yard, fence, enclosure; yard, garden,... |
| 5 | Old French | guarde | protection; act of protecting; guard; inflection... |
| 6 | Old French | guarder | to protect; to guard; to look at |
| 7 | Frankish | wardēn | to protect; to guard, protect, watch over; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | wardāną | to guard, protect, watch over |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | *warduz | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wēr- | true |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |
via English grass
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | grass | Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by... |
| 2 | Middle English | gras | A grass; Any plant; especially a herbaceous one;... |
| 3 | Old English | græs | grass |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | gras | grass |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | grasą | grass |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰreh₁- | to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow |