"gain-" meaning in English

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Prefix

Etymology: From Middle English gain- (prefix), from Old English geġn-, gēan- (“back, against, in return”, prefix), from Proto-West Germanic *gagin, from Proto-Germanic *gagin (“towards, against”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian juun- (“counter-”), West Frisian tsjin- (“counter-”), Dutch tegen- (“counter-”), German gegen- (“against, toward, at”), Icelandic gagn- (“through”). More at again. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|gain-|pos=prefix}} Middle English gain- (prefix), {{inh|en|ang|geġn-}} Old English geġn-, {{m|ang|gēan-||back, against, in return|pos=prefix}} gēan- (“back, against, in return”, prefix), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*gagin}} Proto-West Germanic *gagin, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*gagin||towards, against}} Proto-Germanic *gagin (“towards, against”), {{cog|stq|juun-|t=counter-}} Saterland Frisian juun- (“counter-”), {{cog|fy|tsjin-|t=counter-}} West Frisian tsjin- (“counter-”), {{cog|nl|tegen-||counter-}} Dutch tegen- (“counter-”), {{cog|de|gegen-||against, toward, at}} German gegen- (“against, toward, at”), {{cog|is|gagn-||through}} Icelandic gagn- (“through”), {{l|en|again}} again Head templates: {{head|en|prefix|head=|sort=}} gain-, {{en-prefix}} gain-
  1. Prefix meaning "against", "contrary to", "in opposition to", "counter-". Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-gain--en-prefix-5XoDmkL2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 28 13 30 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 25 24 23 27 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 23 23 27 28
  2. Prefix denoting reciprocal action; "in return"; "counter-". Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-gain--en-prefix-tdsJOfBo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 28 13 30 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 25 24 23 27 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 23 23 27 28
  3. Prefix denoting restoration or a return to a previous state; "back again". Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-gain--en-prefix-cWwaO6de Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 28 13 30 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 25 24 23 27 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 23 23 27 28
  4. Prefix denoting repetition; "over again"; "anew"; again-. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-gain--en-prefix-Ns9uFA8Y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 28 13 30 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 25 24 23 27 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 23 23 27 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: gane- [Scotland] Derived forms: gainbite, gaincome, gaincope, gaindo, gaingiving, gainsay, gainstand, gainstrive, gaintwist

Download JSON data for gain- meaning in English (6.2kB)

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