Garth
/ɡɑːrθ/noun
A yard, courtyard, or enclosed piece of ground, especially around a house or building.
Did you know?Garth comes from an old Germanic word for an enclosed place, and it survives in place-names and medieval compounds tied to walls, gardens, and sacred enclosures.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*gardaz
“an enclosure, yard, fenced place”
Old English
OE
geard
“an enclosure, yard, dwelling place”
Old Norse
ON
garðr
“a fence, yard, enclosure”
Old English
OE
geard
“a yard or enclosed area around a house”
Middle English
ME
garth
“a yard, enclosed ground, or garden plot”
Modern English
English
garth
“a yard or enclosed area, especially around a building”