Given name & surname
Hansard
Hansard is a surname from Middle English, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Hansard goes back to Old French hanse, meaning “merchant guild; membership fee for a merchant guild.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Hansard comes from Middle English, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Middle English hansard, from Old French hanse (“merchant guild; membership fee for a merchant guild”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, by; with; along”); its root is Proto-Indo-European *sed-.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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