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Where does “gueres” come from?

gueres (Middle French) comes from Old French gaire, from Frankish waigaro — a lot.

gueres (Middle French): hardly; barely; almost not at all

Definitions

  1. hardly; barely; almost not at all

Ancestry of “gueres”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchgairehardly; almost not at all
2Frankishwaigaroa lot
Every word from Frankish waigaro →