Where does “ganapierde” come from?

ganapierde (Spanish) comes from Spanish perder, from Old Spanish perder, from Latin perdo, from Latin -dō, from Proto-Germanic -dô, from Sicilian di, from Latin dē, from Latin post — afterwards, post; by, at.

ganapierde (Spanish): lose to win game mode; a game mode where the loser wins by the regular rules (such as in checkers)

Definitions

  1. lose to win game mode; a game mode where the loser wins by the regular rules (such as in checkers)

Ancestry of “ganapierde”, step by step

ganapierde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish perder

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishperderto lose; to miss, to miss out; to waste
2Old Spanishperder
3LatinperdoI destroy, ruin, wreck; I waste, squander; I lose...
4Latin-dōto put
5Proto-Germanic-dô
6SiciliandiUsed to indicate possession, after the thing owned and before the owner; of; ’s
7Latinof; concerning; about
8Latinpostbehind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
9Latinposteablative singular of postis
10Proto-Italicpostibehind, after
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpóstiafter
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpósafterwards, post; by, at

via Spanish ganar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishganarto gain; to earn; to win
2Old Spanishganar
3Latinganōto acquire, seize
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pósEvery word from Proto-Indo-European póstiEvery word from Proto-Italic posti