hangar

The story

1. Frankish · derived from*haimgard“fence around a group of houses”
2. Old French · derived fromhangart
3. Middle French · derived fromhanghart“enclosure near a house”
4. French · borrowed fromhangar“shed, hangar”
5. English todayhangar

Borrowed from French hangar (“shed, hangar”), from Middle French hanghart (“enclosure near a house”), from Old French hangart, *hamgart, from Old Frankish *haimgard (“fence around a group of houses”), from *haim (“home, village, hamlet”) + *gard (“yard”). Cognate with Old High German heimgart (“forum”). More at home, yard.