Where does “wager” come from?
Wager derives from Anglo-Norman wageure and wage, from Latin -arius and -are, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ-.
wager (English): Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the...
Definitions
- Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the...
Ancestry of “wager”, step by step
wager traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English wage
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | wage | An amount of money paid to a worker for a... |
| 2 | Middle English | wage | A wage; earnings; Money reserved for the payment... |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | wage | wave; Alternative form of gage |
| 4 | Old Norse | vágr | ocean, sea; inlet, bay |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | wēgaz | wave; sea |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | weǵʰ- | to bring; to transport |