Etymology

garth

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Today it means: A grassy quadrangle surrounded by cloisters. Full definition →

Middle English garth ← Old Norse garðr ← Proto-Germanic *gardaz
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garth · noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʰerdʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*gʰórdʰos
  3. Proto-Germanic*gardaz
  4. Old Norsegarðr
  5. Middle Englishgarth
  6. English todaygarth

Inherited from Middle English garth, from Old Norse garðr, from Proto-Germanic *gardaz, thus cognate with Old English ġeard, whence the English doublet yard, and also a doublet of garden.

Garth · proper noun2

Welsh garth probably has its influence on Welsh place names.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishgarth all →

Garside

Old Norsegarðr all →

Westgarth

Proto-Germanic*gardaz all →

yard

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