Etymology

sord

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Middle English sowrde ← Old French sourdre ← Latin surgō
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sord · noun1

  1. Latin · derived fromsurgō
  2. Old French · derived fromsourdre“to rise”
  3. Middle English · inherited fromsowrde
  4. English todaysord

From Middle English sowrde, from Old French sourdre (“to rise”), that is, "to rise in flight, as a flock of birds", from Latin surgō. Related to surge.

sord · noun2

See sward.

Words from the same roots

Old Frenchsourdre all →

sourd

Latinsurgō all →

sourcesurgesourdsurgation

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.