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Where does “guanyar” come from?

guanyar (Catalan) comes from Old Catalan guadanyar, from Vulgar Latin *wadaniāre, from English unspecified, from English Un-, from Middle English un-, from Old English un-, from Proto-West Germanic un-, from Proto-Germanic un- — not.

guanyar (Catalan): to win; to earn

Definitions

  1. to win; to earn

Ancestry of “guanyar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Catalanguadanyar—
2Vulgar Latin*wadaniāre—
3EnglishunspecifiedNot specified; not thoroughly explained or...
4EnglishUn-—
5Middle Englishun-—
6Old Englishun-negation or absence of: un-, non-; bad; forms...
7Proto-West Germanicun-not, un-
8Proto-Germanicun-not, un-
9Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
10Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

Words derived from “guanyar”

  • guanyador
  • guany
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