Etymology

gainage

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Today it means: The horses, oxen, ploughs, wains or wagons and implements for carrying on tillage. Full definition →

Old French gaignage ← French gaignage
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The story

  1. French · derived fromgaignage“pasturage”
  2. Old French · derived fromgaignage“pasturage, crop”
  3. English todaygainage

From Old French gaignage (“pasturage, crop”), French gaignage (“pasturage”). See gain (verb).

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