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Where does “geindre” come from?

geindre (French) comes from Old French joindre, from Vulgar Latin junior, from Latin iūnior, from Latin iuvenior, from Latin iuvenis, from Proto-Italic *juwō.

geindre (French): to moan, groan; a worker who kneads dough in a...

Definitions

  1. to moan, groan; a worker who kneads dough in a...

Ancestry of “geindre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchjoindreto meet up with; to go and see; to join; to join...
2Vulgar LatinjuniorAlternative form of iūnior
3Latiniūnior—
4Latiniuvenioryounger, more youthful
5Latiniuvenisyoung; A youth, a young man, young woman, young...
6Proto-Italic*juwō—
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