The winner

[Pierre Abbat]

On Sunday 08 October 2006 20:51, Nicolas Ward wrote:
> On 10/7/06, Fran Poodry <fpoodry at speakeasy.net> wrote:
> > Ahhhh, now this one looks good, despite the non-dictionary wording.  I
> > can see "guiver"/"waiver" being a pair like "guarantee"/"warranty", or
> > "guard"/"ward".  Romance words turn up in law all the time.  Two points!
> > -Elliott
>
> Woot! I'm in someone's explanation! I've (for obvious reasons) known
> about guard/ward, but I never realized guarantess/warranty.

"Waiver" was indeed what I was thinking. Other such words are "gage"/"wage" 
and "guise"/"wise". Most of them are Germanic words imported into French, 
which at the time refused to begin a word with the "w" sound, but there's one 
in Spanish of indigenous American origin, which eludes my mind at the moment.

Pierre