garcio

Latin

Alternative forms

  • guarciō, gartiō, gargiō, garsō, garsiō, garzō, garziō

Etymology

From earlier *warciō, from Frankish *wrakkijō (“mercenary, servant”).

Pronunciation

Noun

garciō m (genitive garciōnis); third declension[1][2]

  1. (Medieval Latin) mercenary, assassin
  2. (Medieval Latin) servant, knave
  3. (Medieval Latin) boy

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative garciō garciōnēs
genitive garciōnis garciōnum
dative garciōnī garciōnibus
accusative garciōnem garciōnēs
ablative garciōne garciōnibus
vocative garciō garciōnēs

Derived terms

  • garcia
  • garcifer

Descendants

  • Old French: gars, garz m, garce, garse f
  • garciōnem (accusative)

References

  1. ^ Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “garcio”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 461
  2. ^ "garcio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
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