Lom·bardOrigin of Lombard
from the activity of the medieval Lombards as pawnbrokers a banker or moneylenderOrigin of Lombard
Middle English Lumbarde from Medieval Latin Lombardus from Classical Latin Langobardus from Germanic an unverified form lango-, long + an unverified form barda, beard
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noun
Origin of Lombard
Middle English Lumbarde from Old French lombard from Old Italian lombardo from Medieval Latin lombardus from Latin Langobardus, Longobardus ; see del-1 in Indo-European roots. Sense 3, from the prominence of Lombards in 13th-century bankingRelated Forms:
adjective
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(plural Lombards)
(comparative more Lombard, superlative most Lombard)
From Middle English Lombard, Lumbard, from the merger of Old English Longbeard (“Lombard"); and Old French Lombard, Lombart (“a Lombard"), from Late Latin Longobardus, Langobardus (“a Lombard"), derived from the Proto-Germanic elements *langaz + *bardaz; equivalent to long +"Ž beard. Some sources derive the second element instead from Proto-Germanic *bardÇ, *barduz (“axe"), related to German Barte (“axe").
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