The story
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*wer-“to twist, bend, crook”
- Proto-Germanic · derived from*wargaz“criminal, wolfish individual”
- Proto-West Germanic · derived from*warg
- Latin · borrowed fromwargus
- English todaywargus
From Anglo-Latin wargus, from wearg, wearh (“outlaw, criminal”), from Proto-West Germanic *warg, from Proto-Germanic *wargaz (“criminal, wolfish individual”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to twist, bend, crook”).
Words from the same roots
Proto-Germanic*wargaz all →
wary
Proto-Indo-European*wer- all →
weargaragewardrewardwarewarnweirguarantyreverencegarnishprosaic-erforwarn-oramavarenykywarry
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.