Where does “malgajni” come from?
malgajni (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto gajni, from French gagner, from English gain, from Middle French gain, from Old French gaaing, from Old French gaaignier, from Vulgar Latin *wadaniāre, from English unspecified — not.
malgajni (Esperanto): to lose
Ancestry of “malgajni”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | gajni | to gain, earn; to win |
| 2 | French | gagner | to win; to earn; to gain; to obtain |
| 3 | English | gain | To acquire possession of; To have or receive... |
| 4 | Middle French | gain | income |
| 5 | Old French | gaaing | gain |
| 6 | Old French | gaaignier | Alternative form of gaigner; to earn, gain,... |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | *wadaniāre | — |
| 8 | English | unspecified | Not specified; not thoroughly explained or... |
| 9 | English | Un- | — |
| 10 | Middle English | un- | — |
| 11 | Old English | un- | negation or absence of: un-, non-; bad; forms... |
| 12 | Proto-West Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |