Etymology

guarish

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Today it means: To heal or cure. Full definition →

First used 15th–16th c.Old French guarir ← Proto-Germanic *warjaną
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*warjaną
  2. Old French · derived fromguarir
  3. English todayguarish

From the stem of Old French guarir, garir, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *warjaną.

Words from the same roots

Old Frenchguarir all →

warish

Proto-Germanic*warjaną all →

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First known use, by meaning

  • 15th–16th c. To heal or cure.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.