Maschile

garou

Senso

Concetti

(Inglese)

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

Frequenza

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ɡa.ʁu/

Ereditato da francese medio

Ereditato da francese antico

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”).