FromMiddle English-ard, fromOld French-ard(suffix), fromFrankish*-hard(“hardy, bold”), fromProto-Germanic*harduz(“hard”). Cognate withMiddle High German-hart. More athard.
-ard
- Someone who is in a specified condition (“pejorative agent suffix”).
- drunk + -ard → drunkard
- dull + -ard → dullard
- wise + -ard → wizard
someone who is in a specified condition
- -dar,ADR,DAR,DRA,Dar,Dra,RAD,RDA,dar,rad,rad.
Inherited fromMiddle French, fromOld French-ard,-art, fromFrankish*-hard(“hardy, bold”), fromProto-Germanic*harduz(“hard”), fromProto-Indo-European*kert-,*kret-(“strong”). More at Englishhard.
-ard m (plural-ards,feminine-arde)
- forms pejoratives, diminutives, and nouns representing or belonging to a particular class or sort
- Coordinate term:-asse
- clocher(“to wobble”) + -ard → clochard(“tramp, vagrant”)
- flemme(“laziness”) + -ard → flemmard(“idler”)
- soul(“drunk”) + -ard → soulard(“drunkard”)
- chauffeur(“driver”) + -ard → chauffard(“bad driver”)
- montagne(“mountain”) + -ard → montagnard(“mountain-dweller”)
- route(“road”) + -ard → routard(“backpacker”)
Borrowed fromOld French-ard,-art, fromFrankish*-hard.
-ard
- Forming pejorative agent nouns from other nouns;-ard.
