An Orchard is defined as an intentional planting of trees 1.
The second syllable of the word seems to come from an Old English word geard which is the linguistic root of both ‘yard’ and ‘garden’ Online Etymology Dictionary – Orchard.
The first syllable could be derived from either an Old English word wort meaning plant or root, or from the Latin hortus meaning garden, as in ‘horticultural’.
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