[Surname] Re: Garcia Etymology and Origin
by Alex (guest)
8/18/2009, 2:49 PM
I extracted this phrase from the website.
"Si leno vel meretrix, si gartio vel gartia alicui burgensi convitium dixerit"
Latin with French or Frankish influence...
Literally translates to the following. If Pimp or Prostitute, if Young Man or Young Woman (servant) a disgraced Bourgeois they say.