gagner
French
verb
Definitions
- to win.
- to earn.
- to gain; to obtain.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French gaigner inherited from Old French gaigner (make money, win) inherited from Latin *wadaniāre, *wadaniō, *wadanio derived from Frankish *waiþanjan (graze, pasture, hunt, hunt for food, forage, get food) derived from Proto-Germanic *waiþanjaną.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*waiþanjaną
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- again English
- autogain English
- foregain English
- gain English
- gainable English
- gainand English
- gainer English
- gainest English
- gaineth English
- gainful English
- gainless English
- gainly English
- gainsharing English
- gainside English
- gainword English
- gainworthy English
- outgain English
- overgain English
- photogain English
- regain English
- undergain English
- ungain English
- *wadaniāre, *wadaniō, *wadanio Latin
- *wadaniō Latin
- guadagnabile Italian
- guadagnare Italian
- riguadagnare Italian
- gagnable French
- gagne-pain French
- gagneur French
- pain French
- regagner French
- guadaña Spanish, Castilian
- guadañar Spanish, Castilian
- ganhador Portuguese
- ganhar Portuguese
- *waiþanjaną Proto-Germanic
- *waiþō Proto-Germanic
- gayn Middle English
- gaaignier Old French
- gaigner Old French
- gajni Esperanto
- malgajni Esperanto
- guanyador Catalan, Valencian
- guanyar Catalan, Valencian
- gadaña Galician
- gaigner Middle French
- *𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌴𐌹𐍃 Gothic
- gãar Old Portuguese
- ganhar Occitan
- vuadagnâ Friulian
- *waiþanjan Frankish
- gaaigniar Old Occitan
- gazanhar Old Occitan
- guadanyar Old Spanish
- genyen Haitian, Haitian Creole
- gagne Mauritian Creole
- gagnin Louisiana Creole French
- gain Louisiana Creole French
- guadanyar Old Catalan