English
Lizard
Lizard comes from Cornish Lysardh.
- CornishmodernLysardhliterally ‘high court’
- EnglishtodayLizard
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- CornishmodernLysardhliterally ‘high court’
- EnglishtodayLizard
The story
Recorded as Lisart 1086 (Domesday Book); a corruption of Cornish Lysardh (literally “high court”), influenced by lizard.
Every English word from Cornish Lysardh
Today it means
name A peninsula in southern Cornwall, England.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Cornish Lysardh / Lizard