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garner

Postby William Hupy » Wed Dec 03, 2014 11:33 am

I am not certain but am able to see how these words could have a common root: garner, granary, garnish. Anyone?
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Re: garner

Postby Slava » Wed Dec 03, 2014 10:32 pm

There is a grain of truth here, or actually two. The third one's not in the same field. Garner can mean granary, but garnish doesn't share any roots.
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