garçon

English

noun
Definitions
  • A male waiter (especially at a French restaurant).

Etymology

Borrowed from French garçon (boy, lad, young man, waiter) derived from Old French garçun (servant) derived from Latin garciō derived from Frankish *wrakkjō, *wrakjō (servant, boy) derived from Proto-Germanic *wrakjô (exile, driven one, warrior, fugitive) derived from Proto-Indo-European *wreg- (drive, track, follow, urge, push, hunt, press, shove, track down).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*wreg-

Gloss

drive, track, follow, urge, push, hunt, press, shove, track down

Concept
Semantic Field

Animals

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