C18: from earlier ezed, probably from Old French et zède, literally: and zed
izzard in American English
(ˈɪzərd)
noun
Chiefly Dialectal
the letter Z
Word origin
earlier ezed, ezod, var. of zed
izzard in American English
(ˈizərd)
noun
chiefly dialect
the letter Z
Word origin
[1730–40; var. of zed]This word is first recorded in the period 1730–40. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: bronze, escapement, malaria, maximum, thesaurus