Where does “guarentia” come from?
guarentia (Catalan) comes from French garantie, from Middle French garantie, from Old French garantie, from Old French garantir, from Old French garant, from Frankish warand, from Frankish warjan, from Proto-West Germanic waʀjan — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
Ancestry of “guarentia”, step by step
guarentia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French garantie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | garantie | guarantee; feminine singular of the past... |
| 2 | Middle French | garantie | — |
| 3 | Old French | garantie | feminine singular of the past participle of... |
| 4 | Old French | garantir | Alternative form of guarantir |
| 5 | Old French | garant | guaranty; assurance; witness; protector |
| 6 | Frankish | warand | a warrant |
| 7 | Frankish | warjan | to fend off; to stop, thwart; to fend for,... |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | waʀjan | to clothe |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | warjaną | to ward off, to defend against; to thwart, to... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wēr- | true |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |
via Old French guarantie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | guarantie | assurance; promise; guarantee; safety; security;... |
| 2 | Old French | guarantir | to protect |
| 3 | English | undefined | Lacking a definition or value; That does not have... |
| 4 | English | Un- | not |
| 5 | Middle English | un- | — |
| 6 | Old English | un- | negation or absence of: un-, non-; bad; forms... |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |