English

larderhoard

From larder + hoard.

A compound of larder + hoard

Latin lardārium

Anglo-Norman larder

Middle English larder ‘a stock of meat’

Proto-Germanic *huzdą ‘treasure’

Proto-West Germanic *hoʀd ‘treasure’

Old English hord ‘an accumulation of valuable objects cached…’

Middle English hord ‘a hoard or cache of hidden valuables’

English hoard

Today it means

verb To hoard food in a small number of relatively large caches, often defended.

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

Etymograph / larderhoard