FromFrenchgarçon m (1788), fromOld Frenchgarçon, oblique case ofgars m(“servant”), fromMedieval Latingarciō m, fromFrankish*wrakjō m(“servant, boy”), fromProto-Germanic*wrakjô m(“exile, driven one”), fromProto-Indo-European*wreg-(“to drive”).
Cognate withOld High Germanwrecheo,recko(“exile, warrior, hero”) (ModernGermanRecke),Old Saxonwrekkio(“a banished person, exile, stranger”),Old Englishwreċċa(“a wretch, stranger, exile”), and perhaps toOld Norserekkr(“man, warrior, hero”). More atwretch,wreak.
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garçon m (pluralgarçons,diminutivegarçontje n)
garçon m (pluralgarçons)(ORB, broad)
Inherited fromOld Frenchgarçon m(“servant, boy”), fromEarly Medieval Latingarciōnem, accusative ofgarciō m(“mercenary, servant, boy”), fromFrankish*wrakjō m(“servant, boy”), fromProto-Germanic*wrakjô m(“exile, driven one”).
Borrowed fromFrenchgarçon. Displaced nativehardé.
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Inherited fromEarly Medieval Latingarciō m, fromFrankish*wrakkjō m, fromProto-Germanic*wrakjô m.
garçonoblique singular, m (oblique pluralgarçons,nominative singulargars,nominative pluralgarçon)
Unadapted borrowing fromFrenchgarçon.
