Etymology

guardable

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Today it means: That may be guarded. Full definition →

English guard ← Old French guarder ← Middle French garder
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The story

  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. Englishguard
  12. English todayguardable

From guard + -able.

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