Etymograph

English

gardencraft

From garden + craft.

A compound of garden + craft

Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- ‘to enclose’

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Proto-Germanic *gardô ‘hedge, fence; enclosure’

Frankish *gardō ‘enclosure, yard’

Anglo-Norman gardin

Middle English gardyn

English garden

Proto-Germanic *krafjaną ‘to demand’

Proto-Germanic *kraftuz ‘strength, power’

Proto-West Germanic *kraftu ‘strength, power’

Old English cræft ‘strength, skill’

Middle English craft ‘strength, skill’

English craft

Today it means

noun gardening, as an artistic endeavor

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

Etymograph / gardencraft