garçon
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[edit] English
[edit] Alternative forms
[edit] Etymology
From the French garçon (1788), from Old French garçun (“servant”, oblique case of gars), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *warkjon, *wrakjon (“servant, boy”, oblique case of *warkjo, *wrakjo), from Proto-Germanic *wrakjô (“exile, driven one”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreg- (“to drive”). Cognate with Old High German wrecheo, recko (“exile, warrior, hero”) (Modern German Recke), Old Saxon wrekkio (“a banished person, exile, stranger”), Old English wrecca (“a wretch, stranger, exile”), and perhaps to Old Norse rekkr (“man, warrior, hero”). More at wretch, wreak.
[edit] Noun
garçon (plural garçons)
- A waiter (especially at a French restaurant).
[edit] References
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: Tenth Edition (1997)
[edit] French
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Etymology
From Middle French, from Old French garçun (“servant”, oblique case of gars), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *warkjon, *wrakjon (“servant, boy”, oblique case of *warkjo, *wrakjo), from Proto-Germanic *wrakjô (“exile, driven one”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreg- (“to drive”). Cognate with Old High German wrecheo, recko (“exile, warrior, hero”) (Modern German Recke), Old Saxon wrekkio (“a banished person, exile, stranger”), Old English wrecca (“a wretch, stranger, exile”), and perhaps to Old Norse rekkr (“man, warrior, hero”). More at wretch, wreak.
[edit] Noun
garçon m. (plural garçons)
- boy
- Il a deux garçons et une fille.
- He has two boys and a daughter.
- Il a deux garçons et une fille.
- waiter
- Garçon, l'addition s'il vous plait.
- Waiter, the bill please.
- Garçon, l'addition s'il vous plait.
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] See also
[edit] References
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: Tenth Edition (1997)
[edit] Jèrriais
[edit] Etymology
From French garçon. Displaced native hardé.
[edit] Noun
garçon m.
[edit] Old French
[edit] Alternative forms
[edit] Etymology
Of Germanic origin, see above.
[edit] Noun
garçon m. (oblique plural garçons, nominative singular gars, nominative plural garçon)
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[edit] Descendants
- French: garçon
[edit] See also
- English terms derived from French
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Germanic languages
- English terms derived from Frankish
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English nouns
- English terms spelled with Ç
- French terms derived from Middle French
- French terms derived from Old French
- French terms derived from Germanic languages
- French terms derived from Frankish
- French terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- French nouns
- French masculine nouns
- French countable nouns
- Jèrriais terms derived from French
- Jèrriais nouns
- roa-jer:People
- Old French terms derived from Germanic languages
- Old French nouns
- Old French masculine nouns
- fro:Occupations
- fro:People