guérison

French

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French garison (“healing”), guarir (“to defend, protect, give health to”), from Frankish *warjan (“to defend, protect”), from Proto-Germanic *warjaną (“to defend, guard”), from Proto-Indo-European *(e)werwǝ-, *wrū- (“to cover, defend, guard”). Cognate with Old High German werien (“to defend, protect”), Old English werian (“to guard, keep, defend”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡe.ʁi.zɔ̃/
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Noun

guérison f (plural guérisons)

recovery, healing

Further reading

“guérison” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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