The story
- Proto-Celtic · derived from*garros“calf, shank”
- Gaulish · derived from*garrā
- Old French · derived fromgaret
- Old Northern French · derived fromgartier
- Middle English · inherited fromgarter
- English todaygarter
From Middle English garter, from Old Northern French gartier, from Old French garet (compare Old French jartier, from jaret), from Gaulish *garrā, from Proto-Celtic *garros (“calf, shank”) (compare Cornish gar, Cornish gar,Middle Welsh garr, Old Irish gairr). Cognate with French jarretière.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.