Where does “gainage” come from?

gainage (English) comes from French gaine, from Old French guaïne, from Latin vāgīna, from Proto-Italic wāgīnā, from Proto-Indo-European wāg- — to be bent.

gainage (English): The horses, oxen, ploughs, wains or wagons and...

Definitions

  1. The horses, oxen, ploughs, wains or wagons and...

Ancestry of “gainage”, step by step

gainage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French gaine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgainesheath; casing, sheathing; first-person singular...
2Old Frenchguaïne—
3Latinvāgīnasheath; scabbard
4Proto-Italicwāgīnāsheath, scabbard
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwāg-to be bent

via Old French gaignage

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchgaignagepasturage, crop
2Frenchgaignagepasturage
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wāg- →Every word from Proto-Italic wāgīnā →Every word from Latin vāgīna →
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