garage

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A building next to or part of a house where a car is kept.

   He parked the car in the garage and locked the door.

2. 2
   noun

   A place where cars are repaired and serviced.

   I took my car to the garage because the brakes were making a noise.

3. 3
   noun

   A place where you buy fuel for your car (British).

   We stopped at a garage to fill up the tank before the long drive.

4. 4
   verb

   To put or keep a car in a garage.

   We garaged the old convertible during the rainy season.

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Simplified etymology

Garage entered English from French in the early 20th century, from garer, “to shelter.” Its pronunciation in English was debated during that century, and several pronunciations remain accepted.

Borrowed from French garage (“keeping under cover, protection, shelter”), derivative of French garer (“to keep under cover, dock, shunt, guard, keep”), from Middle French garer, garrer, guerrer; partly from Old French garir, warir (from Old Frankish *warjan); and partly from Old French varer (“to fight, defend oneself, protect”), from Old Norse varask (“to defend oneself”), reflexive of vara (“to ware, watch out, defend”); both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *warjaną (“to defend, ward off”), *warōną (“to watch, protect”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to close, cover, protect, save, defend”…

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