Etymology

foregain

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Today it means: Directly opposite to; in the opposite scale to. Full definition →

Middle English *foregayn, *foreȝein, *foreȝeȝn ← Old English foran ongean
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  1. Old English · inherited fromforan ongean“opposite”
  2. Middle English · inherited from*foregayn, *foreȝein, *foreȝeȝn
  3. English todayforegain

From Middle English *foregayn, *foreȝein, *foreȝeȝn, foregane, from Old English foran ongean (“opposite”), equivalent to fore- + gain. Compare German vorentgegen.

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