Proto-Germanic

*wrakjô

‘exile, driven one’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *wrakjô.

5 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *wrakjô, most familiar first.

• wretch ← wrecche ← wreċċa
• garçon ← gars ← garciō ← *wrakkjō
• garçonnière ← garçon ← garçon ← garçon ← garciōnem
• gazoon ← garsún ← garçon ← garciō ← *wrakkjō
• gossoon ← garsún ← garçon ← garciō ← *wrakkjō

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *wrakjô