gazon

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*wes-“moist, damp, wet”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*wasô“moisture; ground”
3. Frankish · derived from*wasō“ground, turf, sod”
4. Old French · derived fromgason
5. Middle French · derived fromgazon
6. French · borrowed fromgazon
7. English todaygazon

Borrowing from French gazon, from Middle French gazon, from Old French gason, wason (“piece of ground covered with grass, turf”), from Old Frankish *wasō (“ground, turf, sod”), from Proto-Germanic *wasô (“moisture; ground”), from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“moist, damp, wet”). Cognate with German Wasen (“lawn”), German Low German Waas (“bundle of twigs”), Dutch waas (“haze, mist, film”).

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