Etymograph

English

Lydiard

Lydiard comes from Welsh garth ‘cliff’, from Proto-Celtic *gortos ‘enclosure’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰórts.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰórtsreconstructed
  2. Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*gortos‘enclosure’root as named · steps between not traced
  3. Welshc. 1500–presentgarth‘cliff’
  4. EnglishtodayLydiard

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰórtsreconstructed
  2. Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*gortos‘enclosure’root as named · steps between not traced
  3. Welshc. 1500–presentgarth‘cliff’
  4. EnglishtodayLydiard

The story

Habitational surname from the villages of Lydiard Millicent and Lydiard Tregoze, both in the borough of Swindon. The placename was recorded as Lidgerd or Lidegærd in the Cartularium Saxonicum; the second part of this word coul derive from Welsh garth (‘cliff; enclosure’).

Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *gʰórts

Today it means

name A habitational surname from Welsh.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʰórts / Lydiard

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