guarantie (Old French)
Where does "guarantie" come from?
The Old French noun 'guarantie' refers to an 'assurance', 'promise', 'security', or 'contract'[1][2]. It derives from the verb 'guarantir'[1], which itself stems from 'guarant', the present participle of the early Romance verb 'garir' or 'guarir'[2]. This word ultimately traces back to the Frankish form '*warjan'[2].
Open questions
- The Frankish form *warjan is a reconstructed term and not an attested ancient manuscript form. [2]
Full etymology tree
- guarantie (Old French), 'assurance; promise; guarantee'
- derived guarantir (Old French), 'to protect'
- derived guarant (Old French), 'alternative form of garant'
- derived garir (Early Romance)
- inherited *warjan (Frankish)
- derived garir (Early Romance)
- derived guarant (Old French), 'alternative form of garant'
- derived guarantir (Old French), 'to protect'
Descendants and derived words
- garantia (Catalan)
- garanti (Norman)
Sources
Updated August 2026
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