garçon
Pronunciation: /ɡɑː(ɹ)ˈsɒn/
The English word “garçon” has 1 meaning listed here.
noun
- A male waiter (especially at a French restaurant).
Etymology
From French garçon m (1788), from Old French garçon, oblique case of gars (“servant”), from Medieval Latin garciō m, from Frankish *wrakkjō (“servant, boy”), 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,…
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