ENGLISH ROOT WORD: gain "gain." from French gagner, gaaignier

【gain】 is a [English Root word(stem)] from the French word(s) "gagner," and "gaaignier." It carries the basic meaning of "gain." from PIE *weie- "to go after, strive after, pursue vigorously, desire"

[English words in the top 5000 most frequently used containing the root "gain"]

gain ****[1299] If a person or place gains something such as an ability or quality, they gradually get more of it.
regain **[3808] If you regain something that you have lost, you get it back again.

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[WORD ROOT]root gain
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] gain
[ETYMOLOGY]root (French) gagner, gaaignier
[MEANING]root gain

【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ETYMOLOGY】

• 【French】 gagner (Middle French) [from Old French gaaignier] obtain as profit
• 【French】 gaaignier (Old French) [from Frankish waidanjan] to earn, gain; trade; capture, win

Please see the Word information in detail as follows;

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gain ★★★★[1299] verb from gain
【DEFINITION】 If a person or place gains something such as an ability or quality, they gradually get more of it.
【Declension/Conjugation】 gained, gained, gaining, gains
【SYNONYM】 put on
【ANTONYM】 lose
【ROOTs】 gain; gain
【Etymology】 《French gaaignier》 (Old French) [from Frankish waidanjan] to earn, gain; trade; capture, win
【First Known Meaning】 obtain as profit
【DERIVATIVEs】 gainable, gain

regain ★★[3808] verb from regain 〈 gain
【DEFINITION】 If you regain something that you have lost, you get it back again.
【Declension/Conjugation】 regained, regained, regaining, regains
【SYNONYM】 recover
【ROOTs】 ⑴ re; again, behind ⑵ gain; gain
【Etymology】 《French gaaignier》 (Old French) [from Frankish waidanjan] to earn, gain; trade; capture, win
【DERIVATIVEs】 regainable, regainer, regain

Other words containing "gain"; gainable, gainer, gainful, gainfully, gaining, gains

(※ Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the theorized common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. Its proposed features have been derived by linguistic reconstruction from documented Indo-European languages.)

【OTHER ROOTs; 】

fus-, fund-
furn
fund
fun
full
fug-, fugit-
front
fright
friend
frequent

 

 

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