garçon

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• /ɡɑː(ɹ)ˈsɒn/
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• /ɡɑː(ɹ)ˈsɒ̃/
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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, stranger”), Old English wreċċa (“a wretch, stranger, exile”), and perhaps to Old Norse rekkr (“man, warrior, hero”). More at wretch, wreak.

7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Dutch: garçon — a male waiter (in a French context) — see also waiter
• French: garçon — a male waiter (in a French context) — see also waiter
• Georgian: გარსონი (garsoni) — a male waiter (in a French context) — see also waiter
• Georgian: ოფიციანტი (opicianṭi) — a male waiter (in a French context) — see also waiter
• German: Garçon — a male waiter (in a French context) — see also waiter
• Russian: гарсо́н (garsón) — a male waiter (in a French context) — see also waiter
• Thai: บ๋อย (bɔ̌i) — a male waiter (in a French context) — see also waiter