What’s the origin of guardian?

What’s the origin of guardian?

guardian (n.) “”one who guards,”” early 14c., garden; early 15c., gardein, from Anglo-French gardein (late 13c.), Old French gardien “”keeper, custodian,”” earlier guarden, from Frankish *warding-, from the Germanic source of guard (v.). Specific legal sense is from 1510s.

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