Where does “Garrison” come from?
Garrison (English) comes from Middle English garisoun, from Old French garison, from Old French -ison, from Latin -ātiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Garrison (English): A permanent military post
Definitions
- A permanent military post
Ancestry of “Garrison”, step by step
Garrison traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English garisoun
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | garisoun | Riches, treasure, or a gift of such |
| 2 | Old French | garison | defence; good; object |
| 3 | Old French | -ison | used to form feminine nouns |
| 4 | Latin | -ātiō | — |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |