Bard Definition

Origin of Bard

• Middle English barde from Old French from Old Italian barda from Arabic barda‘a packsaddle from Persian pardah purdah

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• Middle English from Irish and Scottish Gaelic bard and from Welsh bardd gwerə-² in Indo-European roots

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• Borrowed in the 15th century from Scottish Gaelic bard, Irish bard, and Welsh bardd.

  From Wiktionary

• From French barde. English since the late 15th century.

  From Wiktionary