garçom

Portuguese

/ɡaʁ.ˈsõ/

noun
Definitions
  • waiter a server in a restaurant or similar

Etymology

Borrowed from French garçon (boy, lad, young man, waiter) derived from Old French garçun (servant) derived from Frankish wrakjon, *wrakjon, *warkjon (boy, servant) 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
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