wacta
Latin
noun
Definitions
- (Middle Latin) watch, guard duty
- (Middle Latin) patrol area
- (Middle Latin) watchtower, lookout
Etymology
Borrowed from Frankish *wahta, *wahtu (watch, guard, guard duty, watchtower).
Origin
Frankish
*wahta, *wahtu
Gloss
watch, guard, guard duty, watchtower
Concept
Semantic Field
Modern world
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *wahtwō Proto-Germanic
- guaite Old French
- *wahta, *wahtu Frankish
- *wahtwēn, *wahtōn Frankish