guérir

to cure, to heal; to recover, to heal

“Le médecin va le guérir.” — The doctor is going to heal it.

Inherited from Middle French guérir, guerir, garir, from Old French garir, guarir (“to guarantee, protect, give health to”), from Frankish *warjan (“to defend, protect”), from Proto-Germanic *warjaną (“to defend, guard”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to cover, defend, guard, heed”). Cognate with Occitan garir, Catalan and Spanish guarir, Italian guarire, Old High German werien (“to defend, protect”) and Old English werian (“to guard, keep, defend”).