Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something. · A garda; a police officer. · A squad responsible for protecting something. · An elite military unit in Russia, the former Soviet Union and several post-Soviet countries.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wer- Proto-Indo-European *wor-tús Proto-Germanic *warduz Proto-Germanic *-āną Proto-Germanic *wardō Proto-Germanic *-āną Proto-Germanic *wardāną Frankish *wardēnbor. Early Medieval Latin wardō Old French guarder Old French guardebor. Middle English garde English guard From Middle English garde, from early Middle French or late Old French guarde (“a guardian, warden, keeper”) (whence modern French garde), from the verb guarder. Doublet of garda, which is from Irish.
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
This page abbreviates 14 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
Inspect preserved source fields
Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
{
"templates": [
{
"name": "etymon",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": ":inh",
"3": "enm:garde",
"id": "noun",
"tree": "1"
},
"expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *wer-\nProto-Indo-European *wor-tús\nProto-Germanic *warduz\nProto-Germanic *-āną\nProto-Germanic *wardō\nProto-Germanic *-āną\nProto-Germanic *wardāną\nFrankish *wardēnbor.\nEarly Medieval Latin wardō\nOld French guarder\nOld French guardebor.\nMiddle English garde\nEnglish guard\n[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"bor.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"Borrowed from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"alt\" : \"*wor-tús\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"heed\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*wer-\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*warduz\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"gem-pro\" }, { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*-āną\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"gem-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" }, { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*wardō\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"gem-pro\" }, { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*-āną\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"gem-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*wardāną\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"gem-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Frankish\", \"term\" : \"*wardēn\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"frk\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Early Medieval Latin\", \"term\" : \"wardō\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la-eme\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Old French\", \"term\" : \"guarder\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"fro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Old French\", \"term\" : \"guarde\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"fro\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Middle English\", \"term\" : \"garde\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"enm\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"guard\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-id=\"noun\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"guard\" id=\"English:_noun\">"
},
{
"name": "inh",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "garde"
},
"expansion": "Middle English garde"
},
{
"name": "der",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "frm",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Middle French"
},
{
"name": "der",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "guarde",
"t": "a guardian, warden, keeper"
},
"expansion": "Old French guarde (“a guardian, warden, keeper”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "garde"
},
"expansion": "French garde"
},
{
"name": "doublet",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "garda"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of garda"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "ga",
"2": "-"
},
"expansion": "Irish"
},
{
"name": "etymon",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": ":inh",
"3": "enm:garde",
"id": "noun",
"tree": "1"
},
"expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *wer-\nProto-Indo-European *wor-tús\nProto-Germanic *warduz\nProto-Germanic *-āną\nProto-Germanic *wardō\nProto-Germanic *-āną\nProto-Germanic *wardāną\nFrankish *wardēnbor.\nEarly Medieval Latin wardō\nOld French guarder\nOld French guardebor.\nMiddle English garde\nEnglish guard"
}
],
"links": [
[
"*wer-",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wer-#Proto-Indo-European:_heed"
],
[
"*warduz",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/warduz"
],
[
"*-āną",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-āną"
],
[
"*wardō",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wardō"
],
[
"*-āną",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-āną"
],
[
"*wardāną",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wardāną"
],
[
"*wardēn",
"Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wardēn"
],
[
"wardō",
"wardo#Latin"
],
[
"guarder",
"guarder#Old_French"
],
[
"guarde",
"guarde#Old_French"
],
[
"garde",
"garde#Middle_English"
],
[
"garde",
"garde#Middle_English"
],
[
"guarde",
"guarde#Old_French"
],
[
"garde",
"garde#French"
],
[
"guarder",
"guarder#Old_French"
],
[
"garda",
"garda#English"
]
],
"references": [],
"descendants": [],
"lexical": [
{
"pos": "noun",
"glosses": [
"A person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something.",
"A garda; a police officer.",
"A squad responsible for protecting something.",
"An elite military unit in Russia, the former Soviet Union and several post-Soviet countries."
],
"tags": [
"Ireland",
"in-plural",
"often"
],
"recordId": "b2ef7d574118b6c99fe18a0dc42559d20a6181178773eb2c57e2f71381789382",
"rawRecordSha256": "382e95b7bf871d26349ff2031222cf6c590c5e2075e1ee68a3b56c9a485fd2ed",
"sourceRecordOrdinal": 166431
}
],
"omittedAuxiliaryFields": {
"templates": 0,
"links": 0,
"references": 0,
"descendants": 0,
"lexicalRecords": 0,
"lexicalSenses": 14,
"glosses": 0
}
}