bard

bard · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷerH-
2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
3. Proto-Indo-European*gʷerH-dʰh₁o-
4. Proto-Celtic*bardos
5. Old Irishbard
6. Scottish Gaelicbàrd
7. English todaybard

First use appears c. 1449. From Scottish Gaelic bàrd, from Old Irish bard, from Proto-Celtic *bardos (“bard, poet”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- (“praise”), and reinforced by Latin bardus, borrowed from Celtic. Cognate with Latin grātus (“grateful, pleasant, delightful”), Sanskrit गृणाति (gṛṇāti, “calls, praises”), Old Church Slavonic жрьти (žrĭti, “to sacrifice”).

bard · noun, verb²

1. French · derived frombarde
2. English todaybard

From French barde. English since the late 15th century.

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