Etymology

1690; formerly ‘tillage, land prepared for plowing’, from Old French gaschiere, gaskiere, from Gaulish *gansco ‎(“branch”) (compare Old Irish gesca); from Proto-Indo-European *kak-.

Akin to Spanish and Portuguese gancho ‎(“hook”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒaʃɛʁ/