Etymograph

English

hangar

Hangar comes from French hangar ‘shed, hangar’, from Middle French hanghart ‘enclosure near a house’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰerdʰ-‘enclosure, fence, belt’root as named
  2. Frankishc. 250–700*haimgard‘fence around a group of houses’reconstructed
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400hangart
  4. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600hanghart‘enclosure near a house’
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presenthangar‘shed, hangar’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1919same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰerdʰ-‘enclosure, fence, belt’root as named
  2. Frankishc. 250–700*haimgard‘fence around a group of houses’reconstructed
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400hangart
  4. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600hanghart‘enclosure near a house’
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presenthangar‘shed, hangar’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1919same form

Earliest quotation: 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth: “By the side of it ran an open hangar…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- ‘enclosure, fence, belt’

urban, garden, yard, girth, girdle, garth, jardin, gord, gird, 10 more

Today it means

noun A large garagelike structure where aircraft are kept.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- / hangar

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