| 【guard】 is a [English Root word(stem)] from the French word(s) "garde," and "garder." It carries the basic meaning of "guard," and "protect." from PIE *wer- "⑴raise, lift, hold suspended; to turn, bend; ⑵to turn, bend; ⑶to perceive, ,watch out for; ⑷to cover" |
[English words in the top 5000 most frequently used containing the root "guard"]
guard ****[1576] A guard is someone such as a soldier, police officer, or prison officer who is guarding a particular place or person.
regard ****[1821] If you regard someone or something as being a particular thing or as having a particular quality, you believe that they are that thing or have that quality.
regarding ***[3009] You can use regarding to indicate the subject that is being talked or written about.
regardless ***[2905] If you say that someone did something regardless, you mean that they did it even though there were problems or factors that could have stopped them, or perhaps should have stopped them.
[WORD ROOT]root guard
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] gard, guard, ward, warr
[ETYMOLOGY]root (French) garde, garder
[MEANING]root guard, protect
【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ETYMOLOGY】
Please see the Word information in detail as follows;
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guard ★★★★[1576] noun from guard
【DEFINITION】 A guard is someone such as a soldier, police officer, or prison officer who is guarding a particular place or person.
【pl.】 guards
【ROOTs】 guard; guard, protect
【Etymology】 《French garde》 [from Old French garder] (noun) guardian, warden, keeper; watching, keeping, custody
【First Known Meaning】 one who keeps watch, a body of soldiers
【DERIVATIVEs】 guardable, guarder, guardless, guardlike, guard
regard ★★★★[1821] verb from regard 〈 guard
【DEFINITION】 If you regard someone or something as being a particular thing or as having a particular quality, you believe that they are that thing or have that quality.
【Declension/Conjugation】 regarded, regarded, regarding, regards
【SYNONYM】 contemplate, hold in
【ROOTs】 ⑴ re; again, behind ⑵ gard(guard); warde, warder
【Etymology】 《French regarder》 [re⑵+garder] Old French take notice of
【DERIVATIVEs】 regardable, regardful, regard
regarding ★★★[3009] preposition from regard 〈 guard
【DEFINITION】 You can use regarding to indicate the subject that is being talked or written about.
【COMPOSITION】 regard + ing
【ROOTs】 ⑴ re; again, behind ⑵ guard; warde, warder ⑶ ing; adjective suffix
【Etymology】 《French regarder》 [re⑵+garder] Old French take notice of
regardless ★★★[2905] adverb from regard 〈 guard
【DEFINITION】 If you say that someone did something regardless, you mean that they did it even though there were problems or factors that could have stopped them, or perhaps should have stopped them.
【COMPOSITION】 regard + less
【ROOTs】 ⑴ re; again, behind ⑵ gard(guard); warde, warder ⑶ less; adjective suffix
【Etymology】 《French regarder》 [re⑵+garder] Old French take notice of
【DERIVATIVEs】 regardlessly, regardlessness, regardless
Other words containing "guard"; bodyguard, guardian, regardable, regardful, regardlessly, regardlessness
- (※ Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the theorized common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. Its proposed features have been derived by linguistic reconstruction from documented Indo-European languages.)
- 【OTHER ROOTs; 】
grow
ground
grad-, gred-, gress-
grav-
grat-, grace
graph-
grand-
gram
govern-, gubern-
good
