Where does “garance” come from?
garance (Old French) comes from Frankish wratja, from Proto-Germanic wratjō — red dye.
Ancestry of “garance”, step by step
garance traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Frankish *wrattjā
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frankish | *wrattjā | — |