Etymograph

English

garbagey

From garbage + -y.

A compound of garbage + -y

Frankish *garwijan ‘to make ready’

Old French garber ‘to refine, make neat or clean’

Middle English garbage ‘the offal of a fowl, giblets, kitchen waste”,…’

English garbage

Today it means

adj Like garbage; trashy, worthless.

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

Etymograph / garbagey