English
Garland
Garland comes from English gore ‘triangular piece of land’.
- English1500–presentgore‘triangular piece of land’
- Englishearliest quotation 2022Garland
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- English1500–presentgore‘triangular piece of land’
- Englishearliest quotation 2022Garland
Earliest quotation: 2022, Sanders: “U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)…”
The story
Also derived from Garland in Devon, from an ancestor of the noun gore (‘triangular piece of land’) + land.
Every English word from English gore
Today it means
name A surname originating as an occupation for a maker or seller of garlands.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / English gore / Garland