Etymology

garson

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Today it means: A young male servant or attendant. Full definition →

Middle English garsoun ← Old French garçon ← Early Medieval Latin garciō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*wreg-
  2. Proto-Germanic*wrekaną
  3. Proto-Germanic*wrakjô
  4. Frankish*wrakkjō
  5. Early Medieval Latingarciō
  6. Old Frenchgarçon
  7. Middle Englishgarsoun
  8. English todaygarson

Inherited from Middle English garsoun, borrowed from Old French garçon, from Early Medieval Latin garciō, borrowed from Frankish *wrakkjō, from Proto-Germanic *wrakjô, from *wrekaną + *-jô.. Doublet of garçon and wretch.

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