The story
- Old French · derived frombéart
- Middle French · derived frombayard
- French · borrowed frombayard
- English todaybayard
From French bayard, from Middle French bayard, from Old French béart, bayart, baiart, boieart, boyart, bayard (“stretcher”), of uncertain origin. By surface analysis, bay + -ard.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.