Where does “magnétogaine” come from?
magnétogaine (French) comes from French gaine, from Old French guaïne, from Latin vāgīna, from Proto-Italic wāgīnā, from Proto-Indo-European wāg- — to be bent.
magnétogaine (French): magnetosheath
Ancestry of “magnétogaine”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | gaine | sheath; casing, sheathing; first-person singular... |
| 2 | Old French | guaïne | — |
| 3 | Latin | vāgīna | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | wāgīnā | sheath, scabbard |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wāg- | to be bent |