rereguarde

Old French

noun

Definitions

(military) rearguard

Etymology

Compound from Old French rere (of the rear) + 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

retrō Latin
rādere Latin
garde French
*wer- Proto-Indo-European
gard Middle English
garde Middle English
garda Irish
derere Old French
guarde Old French
rere Old French
geàrd Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
garde Norman
rere Middle French
*warda, *wardu Frankish
*wardēn Frankish