Etymology

wager

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Today it means: A bet; a stake; a pledge. Full definition →

Middle English wajour ← Old Northern French wageure ← Frankish *waddjōn
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wager · noun, verb1

  1. Frankish · derived from*wadi ~ *waddī“pledge”
  2. Frankish · derived from*waddjōn“to pledge”
  3. Old Northern French · derived fromwageure
  4. Middle English · inherited fromwajour
  5. English todaywager

From Middle English wajour, wageour, wager, from Old Northern French wageure, from wagier (“to pledge”) (compare Old French guagier, whence modern French gager and contemporary Walloon wadjî), ultimately from Frankish *waddjōn (“to pledge”), from Frankish *wadi ~ *waddī (“pledge”). See also wage.

wager · noun2

  1. Old Northern Frenchwage
  2. Middle Englishwage
  3. Englishwage
  4. English todaywager

From wage (verb) + -er.

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