Where does “gain” come from?
Gain comes from English again, from Latin genero, from Latin in, from Latin genus, from Proto-Indo-European ne and ḱóm.
gain (English): To acquire possession of; To have or receive...
Definitions
- To acquire possession of; To have or receive...
Ancestry of “gain”, step by step
gain traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle French gain
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | gain | income |
| 2 | Old French | gaaing | gain |
| 3 | Old French | gaaignier | Alternative form of gaigner; to earn, gain,... |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | *wadaniāre | — |
| 5 | English | unspecified | Not specified; not thoroughly explained or... |
| 6 | English | Un- | not |
| 7 | Middle English | un- | — |
| 8 | Old English | un- | negation or absence of: un-, non-; bad; forms... |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |
via English Gen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Gen | A member of the Gen Movement, a youth expression... |
| 2 | English | again | Another time; once more; Over and above a factor... |
| 3 | Middle English | agayn | again |
| 4 | Old English | onġēan | opposite |
| 5 | Old English | on- | forming verbs and adjectives from participles and... |
| 6 | Old English | and- | against, opposing; in return, back; facing,... |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | anda- | against, opposing; in return, back; facing,... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | anda- | against, opposing; un-, de- |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂entó- | — |