Etymology

wortyard

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Today it means: A garden where vegetables or herbs are grown. Full definition →

Middle English wortȝerd ← Old English wyrtġeard ← Proto-West Germanic *wurtigard
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  1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*wurtigard“vegetable garden”
  2. Old English · inherited fromwyrtġeard“vegetable garden”
  3. Middle English · inherited fromwortȝerd
  4. English todaywortyard

From Middle English wortȝerd, woorteȝerd, wyrteard, from Old English wyrtġeard (“vegetable garden”), from Proto-West Germanic *wurtigard (“vegetable garden”), equivalent to wort + yard. Cognate with German Wurzgarten, Würzgarten, Swedish örtgård (“herb garden”).

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