Etymology

regain

re·gain
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Today it means: To get back; to recover possession of. Full definition →

Middle French regaigner
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  1. Middle French · derived fromregaigner
  2. English todayregain

From Middle French regaigner (French regagner). By surface analysis, re- + gain.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.