Etymology

guardsman

G2U1A1R1D2S1M3A1N1

Today it means: A person, especially a soldier, who is on guard; especially, a masculine one. Full definition →

English guard ← Middle English garde ← Old French guarde
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  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. Englishguard
  12. English todayguardsman

From guard + -s- + -man.

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