Etymology

pard

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Today it means: A leopard; a panther. Full definition →

Middle English parde ← Latin pardus ← Ancient Greek πάρδος
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pard · noun1

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπάρδος
  2. Latin · derived frompardus
  3. Middle English · inherited fromparde
  4. English todaypard

From Middle English parde, from Old French, from Latin pardus, from Ancient Greek πάρδος (párdos), possibly of Iranian origin and related to other Sanskrit and Ancient Greek terms (see leopard).

pard · noun2

From pardner (“partner”), by shortening.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishparde all →

pardie

Ancient Greekπάρδος all →

pardalote

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.