hardy
English
/ˈhɑɹdi/, /ˈhɑːdi/
adj
Definitions
- Having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships.
- (botany) Able to survive adverse growing conditions.
- Brave and resolute.
- Impudent.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English hardy derived from Old French hardi (hardy, tough, durable, brave, stout, daring, bold) derived from Frankish *hardijan.
Origin
Frankish
*hardijan
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Hard English
- fool English
- foolhardihood English
- foolhardily English
- foolhardiness English
- foolhardy English
- half-hardy English
- hardihead English
- hardihood English
- hardily English
- hardiness English
- hardiship English
- nonhardy English
- overhardy English
- unhardiness English
- unhardy English
- winter English
- winterhardiness English
- winterhardy English
- ardimento Italian
- ardire Italian
- *bʰelǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *hardijaną Proto-Germanic
- *harduz Proto-Germanic
- folehardy Middle English
- hardischipe Middle English
- hardy Middle English
- hardi Old French
- hardir Old French
- hart Old High German
- harti Old High German
- hardy Middle French
- *hardijan Frankish
- *hartjan Frankish