Etymograph

English

Laguardia

Laguardia comes from Spanish guardia ‘guard’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *wardijô.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*wardijôreconstructed
  2. Gothicc. 300–600wardjatransliteratedGothic script wardja, a transliteration‘guard, sentry’
  3. Spanishc. 1500–presentguardia‘guard’
  4. Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentLaguardia
  5. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*wardijôreconstructed
  2. Gothicc. 300–600wardjatransliteratedGothic script wardja, a transliteration‘guard, sentry’
  3. Spanishc. 1500–presentguardia‘guard’
  4. Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentLaguardia
  5. Englishtodaysame form

Every English word from Proto-Germanic *wardijô

Today it means

name A surname from Italian [in turn from Sicilian].

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *wardijô / Laguardia

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