garcio

Latin

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡar.ki.oː/, [ˈɡärkioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡar.t͡ʃi.o/, [ˈɡärt͡ʃio]

Noun

garciō m (genitive garciōnis); third declension

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

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	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
  • Middle French: gars m, garce f
    • French: gars m, garce f
  • Norman: garce f
  • ⇒ Old French: garsette, garcette, garcete, garsete
    • Middle French: garcette, garcete, garsete, garchette
• garciōnem (accusative)
  • Old French: garçon, garson, garceon, garçun
    • Middle French: garçon, garson
      • French: garçon (see there for further descendants), gars
    • Norman: garçon
    • Picard: garchon
    • → Middle English: garsoun, garson, garzun
    • → Irish: gasúr, garsún
  • Italian: garzone
  • Sicilian: garzuni, jarzuni