Re[2]: [tied] Re: Enclosed Places (was: The unexplained link betwee

At 11:01:24 PM on Tuesday, July 15, 2003, Lisa Darie wrote:

> Rmn. 'gradina' "garden", Italian 'giardino', French
> 'jardin'

> The words for garden in Italian, Romanian and French are
> closely related, which indicate their Latin origin.

I'm afraid not. The French is from Old French <jart>,
<gart> 'garden, orchard, enclosure', from Frankish *<gard>,
presumably representing PGmc. */gardaz/. I believe that the
Italian is borrowed from the French.

Brian