Where does “garreter” come from?
garreter (English) comes from English garret, from Middle English garett, from Old French garite, from Old French guarir, from Frankish warjan, from Proto-West Germanic waʀjan, from Proto-Germanic warjaną, from Proto-Indo-European wēr- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
garreter (English): A thief who used housetops to enter by garret windows
Definitions
- A thief who used housetops to enter by garret windows
Ancestry of “garreter”, step by step
garreter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English garret
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | garret | An attic or semi-finished room just beneath the... |
| 2 | Middle English | garett | — |
| 3 | Old French | garite | watchtower |
| 4 | Old French | guarir | to protect; to save; to cure; to heal |
| 5 | Frankish | warjan | to fend off; to stop, thwart; to fend for,... |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | waʀjan | to clothe |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | warjaną | to ward off, to defend against; to thwart, to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wēr- | true |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |