English
gazoon
Gazoon comes from Irish garsún ‘boy’, from Old French garçon ‘manservant’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wreg- ‘track, hunt, follow’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wreg-‘track, hunt, follow’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*wrekaną‘to pursue’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*wrakjô‘an exile, one who is persecuted or displaced, fugitive’reconstructed
- Frankishc. 250–700*wrakkjōreconstructed
- Early Medieval Latinmoderngarciō
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400garçonas garçun‘manservant’
- Irishc. 1200–presentgarsún‘boy’
- Englishearliest quotation 1819gazoon
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wreg-‘track, hunt, follow’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*wrekaną‘to pursue’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*wrakjô‘an exile, one who is persecuted or displaced, fugitive’reconstructed
- Frankishc. 250–700*wrakkjōreconstructed
- Early Medieval Latinmoderngarciō
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400garçonas garçun‘manservant’
- Irishc. 1200–presentgarsún‘boy’
- Englishearliest quotation 1819gazoon
Earliest quotation: 1819, The Queen's Wake: “A close gazoon the horsemen made, Douglas and Morison…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *wreg- ‘track, hunt, follow’
through Proto-Germanic *wrekaną ‘to pursue’
through Proto-Germanic *wrakjô ‘an exile, one who is persecuted or displaced,…’
through Old French garçon ‘manservant’
Today it means
noun A young farm boy.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wreg- / gazoon