Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To make ready; prepare. · To dispose; be set in order for; be destined or intended for. · To set open; open.
From Middle English ȝarken, ȝerken, from Old English ġearcian (“to prepare, make ready, procure, furnish, supply”), Proto-West Germanic *garwakōn, equivalent to yare + -k. Related to Old English ġearc (“ready, active, quick”), ġearu (“prepared, ready, equipped, complete, finished, yare”). More at yare.
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