garer French · revision 15984

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=borrowing|attested=1415, guerrer|origins=non vara}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ɡa.ʁe/^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA: /ɡɑ.ʁe/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''garer'''^(Wiktionary)

+ ''Varer a'' (about 1180, an isolated Breton text), ''guerrer'' (1415), ''garrer'' (1564); ''garer'' from the 17th century.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It was first a word of seamen, which seems to have come inland only in the 15th century, brought to Paris by the sea trade with Normandy.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) It probably comes from Old Norse “*varask” “to be on one's guard” ([[non|vara|t=to warn, protect]]),^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(GLLF 1989)^(FEW|17, 534a) related to Germanic “*warôn” “to watch, protect” ([[de|wahren]]), from an Indo-European root “*wer-” “to take heed” (see [[garder]] and [[garnir]]).^(DHLF 1992)^(TLFi) Wiktionary allows [[frk|*warōn]] as well, from [[gem-pro|*warōną]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ P. Guiraud linked it instead with [[pro|varar|t=to launch; to beach (a ship)]], perhaps from [[la|vara|t=crossbeam]], ships being drawn up on wooden rollers, without excluding a crossing with “garer” “to protect”.^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The ''Roman d'Aquin'' (about 1180, written in Brittany) has the isolated ''varer a'' “to defend oneself against”;^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) an ordinance of 1415 has ''guerrer'' “to moor (a ship)”.^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In 1564 ''garrer'' meant to bring a boat into a ''gare'' or harbour for shelter;^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) a decree of 1585 orders boatmen to ''garrer leurs batteaux'' at the Île Notre-Dame.^(Littré 1873) ''Se garer'' was used of a boat drawing aside to let another pass (1611, 1723), and of a train (1865).^(DHLF 1992)^(TLFi) From 1865 (Littré) one ''gare'' a vehicle off the road, the usual modern sense, and ''se garer'' “to park” is now everyday.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ''Se garer de'' “to take care to avoid” goes back to Monet's ''se varer à un danger'' (1635), and gave ''se garer des voitures'' “to play safe” (early 20th century).^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(GLLF 1989) The noun ''gare'', a passing place on a river (1690), was taken over by the railways (1831) and soon meant a station (1835); ''garage'' (1802) followed the same path, to the motor garage (1891, 1896).^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1180 – ''Varer a'' in the ''Roman d'Aquin''.^(TLFi)

+ * 1415 – ''Guerrer'' “to moor”.^(TLFi)

+ * 1564 – ''Garrer'' “to shelter (a boat)”.^(TLFi)

+ * 1635 – ''Se varer à un danger''.^(TLFi)

+ * 1690 – ''Gare'' on a river.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

+ * 1802 – ''Garage''.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1835 – ''Gare'' “railway station”.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1865 – Of a vehicle, in Littré.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|park]] (a vehicle): ''garer sa voiture'', ''(reflexive)'' ''se garer'': to park.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To put (a vehicle, a boat, a train) away, into shelter: ''garer un bateau pour l'hiver''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Littré 1873)

+ # To put away safely: ''garer ses récoltes'', ''(familiar)'' ''garer les meubles'': to save what one can.^(Grand Robert 2005)^(GLLF 1989)

+ # ''(reflexive)'' ''Se garer'': to pull over, get out of the way, ''se garer de'': to steer clear of.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(DHLF 1992)

+ # ''(dated)'' ''Garer de'': to protect from.^(TLFi)^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[gare]]

+ * [[garage]]

+ * [[gare]]

+ * [[garage]]

+ * [[garagiste]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[égarer]]

+ * [[garder]]

+ * [[non|vara]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}