Männlich

garou

Bedeutung

Konzepte

(Englisch)

(archaic, masculine) werewolf
(in-compounds, masculine) were- (used like a suffix)

Frequenz

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ɡa.ʁu/

Geerbt von Mittelfranzösisch

Geerbt von Altfranzösisch

In summary

Inherited from Middle French garou, from Old French garoul, garval, garvalf, garwaf, garwall (Marie de France, c. 1175, Old Northern French), guarou, guaroul, wareu, wareul, warou (“werewolf”), from Frankish *werawulf. OED suggests the French being from Old Norse vargulfr, which however occurs only in the translation of Marie's lay of Bisclavret. In sense 2, back-formation from loup-garou (“werewolf”).