Etymograph

English

garniture

Garniture comes from Old French garneture ‘accessory for a saddle’, and goes back to Frankish *warnijan ‘to prevent, deny’.

  1. Frankishc. 250–700*warnijan‘to prevent, deny’reconstructed
  2. Old Frenchc. 842–1400garnir
  3. Old French, derivedc. 842–1400garneture‘accessory for a saddle’
  4. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400garniture
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500garnetture
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1831garniture

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Frankishc. 250–700*warnijan‘to prevent, deny’reconstructed
  2. Old Frenchc. 842–1400garnir
  3. Old French, derivedc. 842–1400garneture‘accessory for a saddle’
  4. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400garniture
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500garnetture
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1831garniture

Earliest quotation: 1831, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley: “The Countess came forward to meet them, looking more…”

Linked words

through Old French garnir

garment

Today it means

noun Something that garnishes; a decoration, adornment or embellishment

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

Etymograph / Frankish *warnijan / garniture

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