Etymology

Bongard

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

German Bongard ← Middle Low German bom ← French Bongard
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The story

  1. French · borrowed fromBongard
  2. Middle Low German · derived frombom“tree”
  3. German · borrowed fromBongard
  4. English todayBongard

Various origins: * Borrowed from German Bongard, from Middle Low German bom (“tree”) + gard (“garden”). * A variant of the Dutch surname Boomgaard. * Borrowed from French Bongard, a nickname for a servant, from bon (“good”) + gars (“servant; lad”).

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