Meanings
plural garçons · alternative garcon
- A male waiter (especially at a French restaurant).
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*wreg-
- Proto-Germanic*wrekaną
- Proto-Germanic*wrakjô
- Frankish*wrakkjō
- Early Medieval Latingarciō
- Old Frenchgarçon
- Middle Frenchgarçon
- Frenchgarçon
- Englishgarçon
From French garçon m (1788), from Old French garçon, oblique case of gars (“servant”), from Medieval Latin garciō m, from Frankish *wrakkjō (“servant, boy”), from Proto-Germanic *wrakjô (“exile, driven one”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreg- (“to drive”). Doublet of garson and wretch. Cognate with Old High German wrecheo, recko (“exile, warrior, hero”) (Modern German Recke), Old Saxon wrekkio (“a banished person, exile, stranger”), Old English wreċċa (“a wretch, stranger, exile”), and perhaps to Old Norse rekkr (“man, warrior, hero”). More at wreak.
More words from French, Old French, Medieval Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Dutch garçon
- garçona male waiter (in a French context) — see also waiter
French garçon
- garçona male waiter (in a French context) — see also waiter
German Garçon
- Garçona male waiter (in a French context) — see also waiter
Russian гарсо́н
- гарсо́н (garsón)a male waiter (in a French context) — see also waiter
Thai บ๋อย
- บ๋อย (bɔ̌i)a male waiter (in a French context) — see also waiter
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with garçon
All rhymes →Cite this entry
garçon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gar%C3%A7on
“garçon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gar%C3%A7on. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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