garment

The story

1. Frankish · derived from*warnijan“to ward off, refuse, deny”
2. Old French · derived fromgarnir
3. Old French · derived fromgarnement
4. Middle English · inherited fromgarment
5. English todaygarment

From Middle English garment, garement, garnement, from Old French garnement, guarnement, from Old French garnir, guarnir (“to protect, fortify, clothe, garnish, adorn”), from Frankish *warnijan (“to ward off, refuse, deny”). More at English garnish.

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