Where does “garage sale” come from?
garage sale (English) comes from English garage, from French garage, from French garer, from Middle French garer, from Old French garir, from Frankish warjan, from Proto-West Germanic waʀjan, from Proto-Germanic warjaną — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
garage sale (English): A sale of used household goods in the driveway or...
Definitions
- A sale of used household goods in the driveway or...
Ancestry of “garage sale”, step by step
garage sale traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English garage
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | garage | A building used to store a car or cars, tools... |
| 2 | French | garage | garage |
| 3 | French | garer | to cover, to shelter; to park; to dock |
| 4 | Middle French | garer | — |
| 5 | Old French | garir | Alternative form of guarir |
| 6 | Frankish | warjan | to fend off; to stop, thwart; to fend for,... |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | waʀjan | to clothe |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | warjaną | to ward off, to defend against; to thwart, to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wēr- | true |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |