Where does “garrison” come from?
Garrison comes from Middle English garisoun, from Old French garison, derived from Old French guarir meaning "to heal or protect," from Frankish warjan, from Proto-Germanic warōną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European wer-.
garrison (English): A permanent military post; The troops stationed...
Definitions
- A permanent military post; The troops stationed...
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 |