English
garron
Garron comes from Scottish Gaelic gearran, and goes back to gearr ‘short’.
- Scottish Gaelicmoderngearr‘short’
- Scottish Gaelic, derivedmoderngearran
- Englishearliest quotation 2000garron
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Scottish Gaelicmoderngearr‘short’
- Scottish Gaelic, derivedmoderngearran
- Englishearliest quotation 2000garron
Earliest quotation: 2000, George Raymond Richard Martin, Samwell [Tarly]: “To the west Ollo Lophand and Tim Stone were…”
Every English word from Scottish Gaelic gearr
Today it means
noun A small and usually disdained type of horse, typically bred in Scotland and Ireland.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Scottish Gaelic gearr / garron