Etymology

mallard

mal·lard
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Today it means: Anas platyrhynchos, a common and widespread dabbling duck, natively found throughout the Northern Hemisphere, whose male has a distinctive dark green head. Full definition →

Middle English malard ← Old French malard
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mallard · noun1

  1. Old French · derived frommale
  2. Old French · derived frommalard
  3. Middle English · inherited frommalard
  4. English todaymallard

From Middle English malard, mawlard, from Old French malard, malart, mallart (“male wild duck”), from Old French male, masle (“male”) + -ard, -art. Cognate with Medieval Latin maslardus, mallardus.

Mallard · proper noun2

Eponymised form of mallard.

Words from the same roots

Old Frenchmale all →

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