Etymology

bardic

bard·ic
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Today it means: Of or pertaining to bards. Full definition →

English bard ← Scottish Gaelic bàrd ← Old Irish bard
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The story

  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. Englishbard
  8. English todaybardic

From bard + -ic.

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