Where does “lard” come from?

lard (French) comes from Old French lard, from Latin lardum, from Latin laridum, from Ancient Greek λαρινός, from Ancient Greek λᾱρός — tasty; pleasent to the taste, sweet, dainty.

lard (French): bacon; lard

Definitions

  1. bacon; lard

Ancestry of “lard”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchlardcut of meat from a pig; lard
2Latinlardumbacon fat, lard
3Latinlaridumlard, fat from pork or bacon
4Ancient Greekλαρινόςfatted, fat
5Ancient Greekλᾱρόςtasty; pleasent to the taste, sweet, dainty

Words derived from “lard

Every word from Ancient Greek λᾱρόςEvery word from Ancient Greek λαρινόςEvery word from Latin laridum
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