Etymology

pardie

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Today it means: By God! Full definition →

Middle English parde ← Anglo-Norman pardi ← Old French pardeu
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  1. Old French · derived frompardeu
  2. Anglo-Norman · derived frompardi
  3. Middle English · inherited fromparde
  4. English todaypardie

From Middle English parde, from Anglo-Norman pardi, pardeu, and Old French pardeu, from par (“by”) + Deu (“God”).

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishparde all →

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