Etymograph

English

jardin

Jardin comes from French jardin ‘garden’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- ‘to enclose, to encircle’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰerdʰ-1‘to enclose, to encircle’root named by Wiktionary
  2. Frankishc. 250–700*gardin2reconstructed
  3. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500jardinus2‘garden’
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400jardin2
  5. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600jardin2
  6. Frenchc. 1600–presentjardin1‘garden’
  7. Englishtodayjardin1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English jardin
  2. 2 Wiktionary, French jardin

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰerdʰ-Wiktionary, English jardin‘to enclose, to encircle’root named by Wiktionary
  2. Frankishc. 250–700*gardinWiktionary, French jardinreconstructed
  3. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500jardinusWiktionary, French jardin‘garden’
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400jardinWiktionary, French jardin
  5. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600jardinWiktionary, French jardin
  6. Frenchc. 1600–presentjardinWiktionary, English jardin‘garden’
  7. EnglishtodayjardinWiktionary, English jardin

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- ‘to enclose, to encircle’

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

Today it means

noun The inclusions and fissures within an emerald.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “jardin”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for French jardin. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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

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