| 1 | English | reward | Something of value given in return for an act; A... |
| 2 | Middle English | reward | — |
| 3 | Old French | reward | reward |
| 4 | Old French | rewarder | to reward |
| 5 | Old French | warder | Alternative form of guarder |
| 6 | Old French | guarder | to protect; to guard; to look at |
| 7 | Frankish | wardēn | to protect; to guard, protect, watch over; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | wardāną | to guard, protect, watch over |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | *warduz | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wēr- | true |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |