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Where does “larder” come from?

larder (French) comes from French lard, 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.

larder (French): to lard; to smear food with lard; to stab; to...

Definitions

  1. to lard; to smear food with lard; to stab; to...

Ancestry of “larder”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlardbacon; lard
2Old Frenchlardcut of meat from a pig; lard
3Latinlardumbacon fat, lard
4Latinlaridumlard, fat from pork or bacon
5Ancient Greekλαρινόςfatted, fat
6Ancient Greekλᾱρόςtasty; pleasent to the taste, sweet, dainty

Words derived from “larder”

  • interlard
  • entrelarder
  • entrelarder
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