Where does “guarantee” come from?
Guarantee comes from Old French guarantie, derived from Old French guarantir, which was borrowed from Frankish warjand, ultimately from Frankish warjan meaning to protect or defend.
guarantee (English): Anything that assures a certain outcome; A legal...
Definitions
- Anything that assures a certain outcome; A legal...
Ancestry of “guarantee”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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- | — |
| 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 |
Words derived from “guarantee”