English
gar
Gar comes from Middle English gare.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gare
- Englishearliest quotation 1907gar
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gare
- Englishearliest quotation 1907gar
Earliest quotation: 1907, O. Henry, The Princess and the Puma: “A great gar plunged with a loud splash into…”
Every English word from Middle English gare
Another origin of gar
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*garwaz‘ready, prepared’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*garwijaną‘to prepare’reconstructed
- Old Norsec. 800–1350gera‘to do, make’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500garren
- Englishtodaygar
Today it means
noun Any of several North American fish of the family Lepisosteidae that have long, narrow jaws.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English gare / gar