échauguette

Meaning

1. (feminine) watchtower (attached to a medieval building)
2. (feminine) bartisan

Concepts

bartizan

Translations

garritta

garita

Warte

kijktoren

Pronounced as (IPA)

/e.ʃo.ɡɛt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French: eschauguette

Inherited from Old French: eschaugaite

Cognate with Middle High German: scharwahte

Cognate with German: Scharwache

In summary

Inherited from Middle French eschauguette, escarguaite, from Old French eschaugaite, escalgaite, escalguaite (“guard-duty, a sentinel, troop of sentinels”), from Frankish *skarwahta (“guard-duty, group of sentinels”), from *skara ("troop"; from Proto-Germanic *skarō (“troop, share”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”)) + *wahta (“watch, guard”). Cognate with Middle High German scharwahte, German Scharwache (“patrol”). More at share, wait.