Etymograph

English

garagist

Garagist comes from French garagiste ‘owner or manager of a garage’, from garer ‘to cover, shelter’, and ultimately from Middle French garrer.

  1. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600garrer
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentgarer‘to cover, shelter’
  3. French, derivedc. 1600–presentgarage
  4. French, derivedc. 1600–presentgaragiste‘owner or manager of a garage’
  5. Englishtodaygaragist

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600garrer
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentgarer‘to cover, shelter’
  3. French, derivedc. 1600–presentgarage
  4. French, derivedc. 1600–presentgaragiste‘owner or manager of a garage’
  5. Englishtodaygaragist

Every English word from Middle French garrer

Today it means

noun A French car mechanic or garage worker.

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

Etymograph / Middle French garrer / garagist

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