gard

Middle English

noun

Definitions

(alternative form of) garde

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French guarde (warden, keeper, a guardian).

Origin

Old French

guarde

Gloss

warden, keeper, a guardian

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

garde French
*wer- Proto-Indo-European
garde Middle English
garda Irish
guarde Old French
rereguarde Old French
geàrd Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
garde Norman
*warda, *wardu Frankish
*wardēn Frankish

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