[Surname] Re: Garcia Etymology and Origin
in reply to a message by Marc
My reference to the Dukes of Gascony was mistaken. It was to the Kings of Navarre that I should have referred.
There is a lengthy discussion of the name Garcia here -
http://www.celtiberia.net/articulo.asp?id=2852
from which I quote the following as it mentions the Frankish wrakjo, meaning "servant", and wurkjo, meaning "worker".En los diccionarios franceses se dice de “garçon, n. m. (vers 1100):
ancien cas régime de gars, probablt. francique wrakjo, d’ abord ‘goujat’, ‘valet’, puis ‘enfant mâle XIIIe. s.)”. Naturalmente a wrakjo le falta el asterisco, es decir *wrakjo, pues es fruto de una reconstrucción más o menos forzada, como veremos. Meyer-Lübke en REW, 9578ª, dice: “*wurkjo (frank.) ‘Arbeiter’. Afrz. garz garçon ‘Trossknecht’, nfrz. ‘Bursche’ (>it. garzone, prov. garsó, sp. garzón, pg. garçtio), fem. afrz. garce ‘Dime’, Brüch, ZFSL, 51,496. (Frank. *wrakjo ‘Recke’ Kluge, Zs. 41, 684; Gamillscheg ist lautlich schwieriger, alle früheren Erklarungen bei Gamillscheg sind noch unmöglicher.).“.
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Garcia Etymology and Origin  ·  Alex  ·  8/13/2009, 3:42 PM
Re: Garcia Etymology and Origin  ·  Martin  ·  10/30/2020, 4:01 PM
Re: Garcia Etymology and Origin  ·  Louis j Garcia  ·  5/1/2018, 5:42 PM
Re: Garcia Etymology and Origin  ·  Carmen García  ·  1/23/2018, 7:49 PM
Re: Garcia Etymology and Origin  ·  Jim Young  ·  8/17/2009, 11:33 AM
Re: Garcia Etymology and Origin  ·  Marc  ·  8/17/2009, 1:58 PM
Re: Garcia Etymology and Origin  ·  Jim Young  ·  8/18/2009, 8:48 AM
Re: Garcia Etymology and Origin  ·  Alex  ·  8/18/2009, 2:49 PM