Where does “rashguard” come from?
rashguard (English) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European wēr- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
rashguard (English): Rash vest
Definitions
- Rash vest
Ancestry of “rashguard”, step by step
rashguard traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English guard
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | guard | A person who, or thing that, protects or watches... |
| 2 | Middle English | garde | guardianship, safeguarding, covering, authority;... |
| 3 | Old French | guarde | protection; act of protecting; guard; inflection... |
| 4 | Old French | guarder | to protect; to guard; to look at |
| 5 | Frankish | wardēn | to protect; to guard, protect, watch over; to... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | wardāną | to guard, protect, watch over |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *warduz | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wēr- | true |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |
via English rash
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | rash | Acting too quickly without considering the risks... |
| 2 | Old French | rasche | rash, scurf |
| 3 | Latin | rasicare | to scrape |
| 4 | Latin | rasus | scraped, shaved |
| 5 | Latin | radere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | rado | I scrape, shave, scratch; I rub, smooth; I touch... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | razdō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | rh₁d-dʰ- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | reh₁d- | to scrape, scratch, gnaw |