gardinus

Latin

Alternative forms

• gardīnum, jardīnus

Etymology

From Frankish *gardō (“fenced-in yard, garden”), from Proto-Germanic *gardô, *gardaz.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡarˈdiː.nus/, [ɡärˈd̪iːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡarˈdi.nus/, [ɡärˈd̪iːnus]

Noun

gardīnus m (genitive gardīnī); second declension

1. (Medieval Latin) garden, yard

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gardīnus	gardīnī
Genitive	gardīnī	gardīnōrum
Dative	gardīnō	gardīnīs
Accusative	gardīnum	gardīnōs
Ablative	gardīnō	gardīnīs
Vocative	gardīne	gardīnī

Descendants

• Old French: gardin, jardin
  • Middle French: jardin
    • French: jardin (see there for further descendants)
  • Norman: gardin, gardîn
  • → Middle English: gardyn
    • English: garden
      • Sranan Tongo: dyari
      • → Nafaanra: yaadi
    • Scots: gairden
  • → Old Galician-Portuguese: jardin
    • Galician: xardín
    • Portuguese: jardim
• Sicilian: jardinu
  • → Italian: Giardina
    • → English: Giardina

References

• gardinus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)