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garer
French · medieval
"to shelter, to dock"
meaning "to shelter" or "to dock a boat"
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garage
French · 1900s
"a shelter for a vehicle"
applied to a shelter for the newly invented automobile
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garage
English · 1900s
"a building for storing or repairing a vehicle"
adopted directly from French as automobiles spread
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