yare

yare · adjective, adverb¹

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*garwaz“ready”
2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*garu
3. Old English · inherited fromġearu“prepared, ready, prompt, equipped, complete, finished, yare”
4. Middle English · inherited fromyare
5. English todayyare

From Middle English yare, ȝare, from Old English ġearu (“prepared, ready, prompt, equipped, complete, finished, yare”), from Proto-West Germanic *garu, from Proto-Germanic *garwaz (“ready”). Cognate with Dutch gaar (“done, well-cooked”), German gar (“done, well-cooked; wholly, at all”), Icelandic görr, ger (“perfect”).

Yare · proper noun²

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*karō“complaint, moan”
2. English todayYare

Of Anglo-Celtic origin, the name probably means "babbling brook," from a Celtic base *gar- (“noisy, chattering”), probably related to Proto-Germanic *karō (“complaint, moan”) and Latin garrio (“to babble, chatter”).

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