English word orchard comes from Old English ġeard, Proto-Germanic *wurt-, and later Proto-Germanic *urtiz (Field; garden. Plant.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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ġeard | Old English (ang) | |
*wurt- | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | |
*urtiz | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | Field; garden. Plant. |
*ort | Old English (ang) | |
ortġeard | Old English (ang) | |
orcherd | Middle English (enm) | |
orchard | English (en) | A garden or an area of land for the cultivation of fruit or nut trees.. The trees themselves cultivated in such an area. |