name
Meaning 1
A topographic surname.
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name
A topographic surname.
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noun
A garden or an area of land for the cultivation of fruit or nut trees.
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Synonyms: grove, plantation, woodlet
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noun
The trees themselves cultivated in such an area.
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noun
garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth
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Synonyms: grove, woodlet, plantation
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Broader terms: garden
Narrower terms: apple orchard, lemon grove, orange grove, peach orchard
History
Topographic surname for someone who lived by an orchard.
From Middle English orchard, orcherd, from Old English orċeard, ortġeard, a compound of *ort (probably from Proto-Germanic *urtiz, a dissimilated variant of Proto-Germanic *wurt- (“wort (plant)”), later incorrectly associated with unrelated Latin hortus (“garden”)) + ġeard (see hortyard and yard, which ironically is etymologically linked with hortus). Cognate with Swedish örtagård (“herb garden”), Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐍃 (aurtigards, “orchard”), Old High German orzōn (“to cultivate a field”). Equivalent to wort + yard. More at root.
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