Guerre
/ɡɛʁ/noun
A French word meaning war.
Did you know?French guerre comes from a Frankish/Germanic source related to Old High German werra, meaning ‘confusion’ or ‘strife,’ which also gave English the word ‘war’ through a different path.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*werzō / *werra
“confusion, discord, strife”
Old High German
OHG
werra
“strife, tumult, confusion”
Old Low Franconian / Frankish
Gmc
*werra
“strife, quarrel, war”
Old French
OFr
guerre
“war”
Modern French
Fr
guerre
“war”