## Etymology
From poll ('head, top; to cut the top off') + -ard. A pollard is a tree whose top has been cut back; poll derives from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch polle ('top of the head').

## AI Etymology
Pollard comes from poll ('head, top; to cut the top off') + -ard. A pollard is a tree whose top has been cut back; poll derives from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch polle ('top of the head'). The etymological trail includes Middle Dutch polle. As a noun, pollard means a tree cut back to the trunk to promote dense growth, or to prune thus. The same family is visible in derived forms such as pollarded and pollarding and related forms such as poll. Morphologically, the word is built from the elements named in its history, so the modern form preserves a visible compound, prefix, or suffix structure.

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