Morpheme
Ward
Type
free base
Denotation
guard, protect, watch
Etymology
(1) Middle English ward; Old English weard and (2) Old French warder, variation of guarder; Early Medieval Latin wardāre (both ultimately from same Germanic source)
Evidence
award, awardable, awarded, awardee, awarder, awarding, awardment, awards, beward, bewarded, bewarding, bewards, Edward, misaward, preward, reaward, reward, rewardable, rewarded, rewarded, rewarder, rewards, unaward, unawarded, unrewarded, unrewarding, ward, warden, warder, wardrobe, wards
Notes
<w> in <ward> related to <gu> in <guard>
reward and regard are doublets
See Also
Ware, Ware, Warrant, Guard, Gard(e) [Garde, Gard]
