Where does “garance” come from?

garance (French) comes from Middle French garance, from Old French garance, from Frankish wratja, from Proto-Germanic wratjō — red dye.

garance (French): madder; rose madder

Definitions

  1. madder; rose madder

Ancestry of “garance”, step by step

garance traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French garance

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchgarance—
2Old Frenchgarance—
3Frankishwratja—
4Proto-Germanicwratjōred dye

via Latin garantia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latingarantiamadder (Rubia tinctorum)

Words derived from “garance”

Every word from Proto-Germanic wratjō →Every word from Frankish wratja →Every word from Old French garance →
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