Etymology

warish

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Today it means: To cure or heal (an illness or a person). Full definition →

Middle English warysshen ← Anglo-Norman waris- ← Old French guarir
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*warjaną
  2. Frankish · derived from*warjan
  3. Old French · derived fromguarir
  4. Anglo-Norman · derived fromwaris-
  5. Middle English · inherited fromwarysshen
  6. English todaywarish

From Middle English warysshen, from Anglo-Norman waris-, the present participle stem of warir, from Old French guarir (modern guérir), from Frankish *warjan, from Proto-Germanic *warjaną. Compare guarish.

Words from the same roots

Old Frenchguarir all →

guarish

Frankish*warjan all →

garagewarrenguaranty

Proto-Germanic*warjaną all →

weargaragewarrenweirguarantyguarish

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.