myEtymology.com: English etymology of courtyard

Etymology of the English word courtyard

the English word courtyard

derived from the English word court

derived from the Old French word cort

derived from the Classical Latin word cohors (cohort, tenth part of legion; armed force; court; enclosure, yard)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gher-

derived from the English word yard

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *garda

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *gazdaz