garbage

The story

1. Frankish · derived from*garwijan“to make ready”
2. Germanic · derived from
3. Old French · derived fromgarber“to refine, make neat or clean”
4. Middle English · inherited fromgarbage“the offal of a fowl, giblets, kitchen waste”, originally “refuse, what is purged away”
5. English todaygarbage

From late Middle English garbage (“the offal of a fowl, giblets, kitchen waste”, originally “refuse, what is purged away”), from Anglo-Norman, from Old French garber (“to refine, make neat or clean”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *garwijan (“to make ready”). Akin to Old High German garawan (“to prepare, make ready”), Old English ġearwian (“to make ready, adorn”). More at garb, yare, gear

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