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English word origin

Etymology of garth

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos Proto-Germanic *gardaz Old Norse garðrbor. Middle English garth English garth Inherited from Middle English garth, from O

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Unnumbered source etymology

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noun

A grassy quadrangle surrounded by cloisters. · A close; a yard; a croft; a garden. · A clearing in the woods; as such, part of many placenames in Northern England · A group or a household dedicated to the pagan faith of Heathenry.

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos Proto-Germanic *gardaz Old Norse garðrbor. Middle English garth English garth Inherited from Middle English garth, from Old Norse garðr, from Proto-Germanic *gardaz, thus cognate with Old English ġeard, whence the English doublet yard, and also a doublet of garden.

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