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Where does “gaigner” come from?

gaigner (Old French) comes from Vulgar Latin *wadaniāre, from English unspecified, from English Un-, from Middle English un-, from Old English un-, from Proto-West Germanic un-, from Proto-Germanic un-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥- — not.

gaigner (Old French): to win; to make money; to save money

Definitions

  1. to win; to make money; to save money

Ancestry of “gaigner”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latin*wadaniāre—
2EnglishunspecifiedNot specified; not thoroughly explained or...
3EnglishUn-—
4Middle Englishun-—
5Old Englishun-negation or absence of: un-, non-; bad; forms...
6Proto-West Germanicun-not, un-
7Proto-Germanicun-not, un-
8Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
9Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

Words derived from “gaigner”

  • gagner
  • regagner
  • gagne-pain
  • gagnable
  • gagneur
  • gajni
  • malgajni
  • gayn
  • gaigner
  • genyen
  • gen
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