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Where does “garagista” come from?

garagista (Italian) comes from Italian garage, from French garage, from French garer, from Middle French garer, from Old French garir, from Frankish warjan, from Proto-West Germanic waʀjan, from Proto-Germanic warjaną — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

garagista (Italian): owner or manager of a garage; car mechanic

Definitions

  1. owner or manager of a garage; car mechanic

Ancestry of “garagista”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiangaragegarage
2Frenchgaragegarage
3Frenchgarerto cover, to shelter; to park; to dock
4Middle Frenchgarer—
5Old FrenchgarirAlternative form of guarir
6Frankishwarjanto fend off; to stop, thwart; to fend for,...
7Proto-West Germanicwaʀjanto clothe
8Proto-Germanicwarjanąto ward off, to defend against; to thwart, to...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanwēr-true
10Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
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