Guard – What’s in a word!
Recommended for Preparatory Grades
Do you know what the word ‘guard’ means?
As a verb, it means to keep an eye on something to protect it or keep it under control. When the same word is used as a noun, it means someone who keeps an eye on something or someone, like a soldier.
Key facts!
- Guard comes from the Middle French word garde which means ‘guardian, warden, watching.
- The word garde itself is derived from an Old French word garder which means ‘to keep, maintain, preserve, protect’.
- The word ‘guard’ came to be used to mean ‘keeping, custody’ (like a bodyguard does) from early the 1500s.
- Eventually, today, the word has come to denote many things – a football position, a piece of armour, and even a guardrail used on railway tracks.
- Old French was the language spoken in Northern France from the 8th century to the 14th century.
- It had many dialects (similar languages with slight differences).
- Today, French is an official language in 29 countries across multiple continents and is one of the six official languages of the United Nations.
Here is a video on a day in the life of a Roman guard:
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