orchard
Pronunciation: /ˈɔː.tʃəd/
The English word “orchard” has 2 meanings listed here.
noun
- A garden or an area of land for the cultivation of fruit or nut trees.
- The trees themselves cultivated in such an area.
Etymology
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…
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