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Etymology Dictionary

Origin of the word LARD.  Etymology of the word LARD.

From An Etymology Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893.

 

LARD,  the melted fat of swine.  (F.,—L.)   'Larde of flesche, larda, vel lardum;' Prompt. Parv. p. 288.—O.F. lard, 'lard;' Cot.—Lat. larda, shortened form of lārida (also lāridum), lard, fat of bacon.   Akin to Gk. λαρός, pleasant to the taste, nice, dainty, sweet, λαρ&iotaνός, fat.   Der. lard, verb, M.E. larden (Prompt. Parv.), from F. larder, to lard (see note to Ben Jonson, Every Man, ed. Wheatley, A. iii. sc. 4, l. 174); lard-er, Gower, C. A. iii. 124, with which cf. O.F. lardier, 'a tub to keep bacon in' (Cotgrave), hence applied to a room in which bacon and meat are kept; lard-y, lard-ac-e-ous; inter-lard.

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Etymology Dictionary Index
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z

Key
Arab.=Arabic.
A.S.=Anglo Saxon.
Bavar.=Bavarian
Bohem.=Bohemian.
C.=Celtic, used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton, Cornish, &c.
Corn.=Cornish.
Dan.=Danish.
Du.=Dutch
E.=English.
E.E.=Early English.
Europ.=European.
F.=French.
G.=German.
Gk.=Greek.
Goth.=Gothic.
Icel.=Icelandic.
Ital.=Italian.
L. or Lat.=Latin.
Lith. & Lithuan.=Lithuanian.
M.E.=Middle English.
M.F.=Middle French
M.H.G.=Middle High German.
Norw.=Norwegian.
O.F.=Old French.
O.H.G.=Old High German.
Pers.=Persian.
Port.=Portuguese.
Scand.=Scandinavian, used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish, &c.
Sc.=Scottish.
Skt.=Sanskrit.
Span.=Spanish.
Swed.=Sweish.
Teut.=Teutonic
Turk.=Turkish.
W.=Welsh.

  

 

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