Where does “lifeguarded” come from?
lifeguarded (English) comes from English lifeguard, from English guard, from Middle English garde, from Old French guarde, from Old French guarder, from Frankish wardēn, from Proto-Germanic wardāną, from Proto-Germanic *warduz — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
lifeguarded (English): Supervised by a lifeguard
Definitions
- Supervised by a lifeguard
Ancestry of “lifeguarded”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | lifeguard | A bodyguard or unit of bodyguards, a guard of... |
| 2 | English | guard | A person who, or thing that, protects or watches... |
| 3 | Middle English | garde | guardianship, safeguarding, covering, authority;... |
| 4 | Old French | guarde | protection; act of protecting; guard; inflection... |
| 5 | Old French | guarder | to protect; to guard; to look at |
| 6 | Frankish | wardēn | to protect; to guard, protect, watch over; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | wardāną | to guard, protect, watch over |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *warduz | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wēr- | true |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |