-ard

Someone who is in a specified condition (“pejorative agent suffix”).

Suffix

  1. Someone who is in a specified condition (“pejorative agent suffix”).
    • drunk + -ard → drunkard
    • dull + -ard → dullard
    • wise + -ard → wizard

Origin

From Middle English -ard, from Old French -ard (suffix), from Frankish *-hard (“hardy, bold”), from Proto-Germanic *harduz (“hard”). Cognate with Middle High German -hart. More at hard.