guard

guard · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European*wer-
2. Proto-Indo-European*wor-tús
3. Proto-Germanic*warduz
4. Proto-Germanic*wardō
5. Proto-Germanic*wardāną
6. Frankish*wardēn
7. Early Medieval Latinwardō
8. Old Frenchguarder
9. Old Frenchguarde
10. Middle Englishgarde
11. English todayguard

From Middle English garde, from early Middle French or late Old French guarde (“a guardian, warden, keeper”) (whence modern French garde), from the verb guarder. Doublet of garda, which is from Irish.

guard · verb²

1. Proto-Indo-European*wer-
2. Proto-Indo-European*wor-tús
3. Proto-Germanic*warduz
4. Proto-Germanic*wardō
5. Proto-Germanic*wardāną
6. Frankish*wardēn
7. Early Medieval Latinwardō
8. Old Frenchguarder
9. Middle Frenchgarder
10. Old Frenchguarder
11. English todayguard

From early Middle French garder or late Old French (circa 14th cent) guarder (“to keep, ward, guard, save, preserve, etc.”), from Early Medieval Latin wardo, from Frankish *wardēn, from Proto-Germanic *wardāną (“to guard, protect”). Cognate with French garder, Old English weardian (whence also the English inherited doublet ward). See also English regard.

Guard · proper noun³

The surname sense is an occupational surname for a watchman, from guard. The organization sense is likewise a type of proprialization from guard.

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