gage
English
/ɡeɪd͡ʒ/
verb
Definitions
- (obsolete) To give or deposit as a pledge or security; to pawn.
- (archaic) To wager, to bet.
- To bind by pledge, or security; to engage.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English gage derived from Middle French gager derived from Frankish *waddi, *wadi derived from Proto-Germanic *wadją (pledge, guarantee) root from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (lead, pledge, redeem a pledge, bind, guarantee, bail).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wedʰ-
Gloss
lead, pledge, redeem a pledge, bind, guarantee, bail
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- disengage English
- disgage English
- engage English
- engageable English
- engager English
- engagest English
- engageth English
- engagor English
- gager English
- green English
- greengage English
- greengagey English
- preengage English
- re-engage English
- wedde Dutch, Flemish
- *steygʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *wedʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *wedʰ-úHs Proto-Indo-European
- *weyd- Proto-Indo-European
- *wadją Proto-Germanic
- *wadjōną Proto-Germanic
- wedd Old English
- engagen Middle English
- gage Middle English
- veð Old Norse
- *vesti Proto-Slavic
- *voditi Proto-Slavic
- cage Old French
- بیو Persian
- wetti Old High German
- վարեմ Old Armenian
- gager Middle French
- 𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌹 Gothic
- *wadi gmw-pro
- *towissos Proto-Celtic
- *towissākos Proto-Celtic
- *wedesman Proto-Celtic
- *wedeti Proto-Celtic
- *ɸarewedeti, *ɸare-wedn- Proto-Celtic
- *waddi, *wadi Frankish
- *waddī, *wadi Frankish
- *wadi Frankish
- *wadja Frankish
- *wed- Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *wedtei Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *wetä fiu-pro
- *wetä- fiu-pro