English
herdwide
From herd + -wide.
Formed from herd + -wide
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerdʰ- ‘file, row, herd’
Proto-Germanic *herdō
Proto-West Germanic *herdu
Old English hierd ‘herd, flock’
Middle English herde
English herd
Today it means
adj Throughout a herd.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / herdwide