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