Where does “gainspeaker” come from?
gainspeaker (English) comes from English gain, from Middle French gain, from Old French gaaing, from Old French gaaignier, from Vulgar Latin *wadaniāre, from English unspecified, from English Un-, from Middle English un- — not.
gainspeaker (English): A gainsayer; opponent
Definitions
- A gainsayer; opponent
Ancestry of “gainspeaker”, step by step
gainspeaker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English gain
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | gain | To acquire possession of; To have or receive... |
| 2 | Middle French | gain | income |
| 3 | Old French | gaaing | gain |
| 4 | Old French | gaaignier | Alternative form of gaigner; to earn, gain,... |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | *wadaniāre | — |
| 6 | English | unspecified | Not specified; not thoroughly explained or... |
| 7 | English | Un- | not |
| 8 | Middle English | un- | — |
| 9 | Old English | un- | negation or absence of: un-, non-; bad; forms... |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |
via English speaker
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | speaker | One who speaks; Loudspeaker; Speakerphone |
| 2 | English | -ine | Of or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;... |
| 3 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 4 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 5 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 6 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 7 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |