'Garage' is a word borrowed from French 'garage'. The word entered the English language some time around 1902.
garage [noun] [1902]
- a shelter or repair shop for automotive vehicles
- a cabinet with a vertical rolling door that is used for storing a small kitchen appliance
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Etymology: French, act of docking, garage, from 'garer' to dock, from Middle French 'garrer' probably ultimately from Old Norse 'vara' to beware, take care; akin to Old High German bi'warōn' to protect
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