ENGLISH ROOT WORD: gard "garden", "yard" from Old English geard

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【gard】 is a [English Root word(stem)] from the Old English word(s) "geard." It carries the basic meaning of "garden," and "yard." from PIE *gher- "⑴to grasp, enclose; ⑵to call out; to like, want"

[English words in the top 5000 most frequently used containing the root "gard"]

garden ****[509] In British English, a garden is a piece of land next to a house, with flowers, vegetables, other plants, and often grass. In American English, the usual word is yard, and a garden refers only to land which is used for growing flowers and vegetables.
gardener ☆[5262] a person who tends and cultivates a garden as a pastime or for a living
gardening **[4018] garden + ing
orchard ☆[4623] An orchard is an area of land on which fruit trees are grown.
yard ***[2862] A yard is a unit of length equal to thirty-six inches or approximately 91.4 centimetres.

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[WORD ROOT]root gard
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] gard, hard, yard, garden
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Old English) geard
[MEANING]root garden, yard

【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ETYMOLOGY】

• 【French】 gardin (kitchen) garden; orchard; palace grounds
• 【French】 jardin [from Vulgar Latin *hortus gardinus] 《Old North French》 (kitchen) garden; orchard; palace grounds
• 【Latin】 hortus gardinus [via Frankish *gardo] 《Vulgar Latin》 enclosed garden
• 【Old English】 geard garden, yard

Please see the Word information in detail as follows;

 

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garden ★★★★[509] noun from garden
【DEFINITION】 In British English, a garden is a piece of land next to a house, with flowers, vegetables, other plants, and often grass. In American English, the usual word is yard, and a garden refers only to land which is used for growing flowers and vegetables.
【pl.】 gardens
【ROOTs】 garden(gard); garden
【Etymology】 《Latin hortus gardinus》 [via Frankish *gardo] 《Vulgar Latin》 enclosed garden
【First Known Meaning】 enclosed garden
【DERIVATIVEs】 gardenless, garden-like, garden

gardener ☆[5262] noun from garden
【DEFINITION】 ① a person who tends and cultivates a garden as a pastime or for a living
② A gardener is a person who is paid to work in someone else's garden.
【pl.】 gardeners
【COMPOSITION】 garden + er
【ROOTs】 ⑴ garden(gard); garden ⑵ er; noun suffix
【Etymology】 《Latin hortus gardinus》 [via Frankish *gardo] 《Vulgar Latin》 enclosed garden

gardening ★★[4018] noun from garden
【DEFINITION】 garden + ing
【ROOTs】 ⑴ gard; ⑵ ing; suffix
【Etymology】 《Latin hortus gardinus》 [via Frankish *gardo] 《Vulgar Latin》 enclosed garden

orchard ☆[4623] noun from orchard
【DEFINITION】 An orchard is an area of land on which fruit trees are grown.
【pl.】 orchards
【ROOTs】 ⑴ orc(wort); vegetable, plant root ⑵ hard(gard); garden, yard
【Etymology】 《Old English orceard》 [earlier ortgeard《wort(' vegetable')+geard('garden')》] fruit garden; piece of ground, usually enclosed, devoted to the culture of fruittrees
【First Known Meaning】 fruit garden; piece of ground, usually enclosed, devoted to the culture of fruit-trees,

yard ★★★[2862] noun from yard
【DEFINITION】 A yard is a unit of length equal to thirty-six inches or approximately 91.4 centimetres.
【pl.】 yards
【ROOTs】 yard(gard); guard, protect
【Etymology】 《Old English gerd》 rod, staff, stick; measure of length
【First Known Meaning】 ① patch of ground around a house ② measure of length

Other words containing "gard"; courtyard, graveyard, orcharding, orchardist, orchardman, vineyard, vineyardist, yardage, yardstick

(※ Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the theorized common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. Its proposed features have been derived by linguistic reconstruction from documented Indo-European languages.)

【OTHER ROOTs; 】

game
gain
fus-, fund-
furn
fund
fun
full
fug-, fugit-
front
fright

 

 

 

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