myEtymology.com: English etymology of knickered

Etymology of the English word knickered

the English word knickered

derived from the English word knickers

derived from the English word knickerbockers

derived from the English word regarded

derived from the English word regard

derived from the Old French word regarder

using the Old French prefix re-

derived from the Old French word guarder

derived from the Old French word garder

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wer-

derived from the Germanique root *wardôn

derived from the English word contraction

using the English suffix -ed

Word found in Modern English