English
hardiment
Hardiment comes from Old French hardiment ‘bravery’, and goes back to hardi ‘hardy’.
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400hardi‘hardy’
- Old French, derivedc. 842–1400hardiment‘bravery’
- Englishearliest quotation 1590same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400hardi‘hardy’
- Old French, derivedc. 842–1400hardiment‘bravery’
- Englishearliest quotation 1590same form
Earliest quotation: 1590, Edmund Spenser, Book I, Canto I: “But full of fire and greedy hardiment, / The…”
Linked words
through Old French hardi ‘hardy’
Today it means
noun Bravery, courage.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old French hardi / hardiment