Where does “garcette” come from?
garcette (Middle French) comes from Old French garce, from Old French garçon, from Old French gars, from Medieval Latin garcio, from Latin warciō, from Frankish wrakkjō, from Proto-Germanic wrakjô, from Proto-Indo-European wreǵ- — to work, act.
garcette (Middle French): gasket
Definitions
- gasket
Ancestry of “garcette”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | garce | young woman |
| 2 | Old French | garçon | manservant |
| 3 | Old French | gars | nominative singular of garçon; nominative... |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | garcio | mercenary, servant, boy; mercenary, assassin;... |
| 5 | Latin | warciō | — |
| 6 | Frankish | wrakkjō | servant, boy; mercenary, servant; mercenary;... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | wrakjô | an exile, one who is persecuted or displaced,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wreǵ- | to work, act |