bayard
English
noun
Definitions
- A bay horse
- (humorous) Any horse
- (archaic) A stupid, clownish fellow.
Etymology
Borrowed from French bayard derived from Middle French bayard derived from Old French béart affix from English bay (bend, bay leaf, bay laurel, bathe).
Origin
English
bay
Gloss
bend, bay leaf, bay laurel, bathe
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Baystater English
- Guantanamo Bay English
- Pelly Bay English
- afterbay English
- bay English
- bay tree English
- bay window English
- bayardly English
- bayberry English
- bayfront English
- bayhead English
- baylike English
- bayman English
- bayplan English
- bayside English
- bebay English
- embay English
- forebay English
- imbay English
- midbay English
- multibay English
- sickbay English
- subbay English
- transbay English
- unbay English
- bayard French
- baye Middle English
- béart Old French
- bard Middle French
- bayard Middle French
- *berhard Frankish