Etymograph

English

gardenwise

From garden + -wise.

Formed from garden + -wise

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

Today it means

adv In the manner of a garden.

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

Etymograph / gardenwise