Where does “gaine” come from?

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

gaine (French): sheath; casing, sheathing; first-person singular...

Definitions

  1. sheath; casing, sheathing; first-person singular...

Ancestry of “gaine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchguaïne
2Latinvāgīnasheath; scabbard
3Proto-Italicwāgīnāsheath, scabbard
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwāg-to be bent

Words derived from “gaine

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