Etymology of the English word bollard
the English word
bollardderived from the English word
bolederived from the Old Norse word
bolrderived from the Old Norse word
bolrderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*bhel-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*bulasusing the English suffix
-ardDate
The earliest known usage of bollard in English dates from the 14th century.
Derivations in other languages
Spanish
bolardoUsage
Word found in Modern English