gaine

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. sheath, scabbard (for dagger etc.)
2. casing, sheathing
3. sheath

Verb

1. inflection of gainer:
2. inflection of gainer:

sinonimi

fourreau

étui

ceinture

salaire

enveloppe

✉️

loyer

manchon

récompenser

rémunération

💸

rente

salarié

spaghetti

🍝

spaghettis

🍝

support

traitement

gaine technique

Spaghetti

spaguetti

boîtier

sala

cas

chemise

👕

corset

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ɡɛn/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da francese medio: guaine

Ereditato da francese antico: guaïne

Ereditato da latino: vāgīna

Affine italiano: guaina

Affine catalano: beina

Affine spagnolo: vaina

Affine portoghese: bainha

Affine inglese antico: wǣġe

In summary

Inherited from Middle French guaine, from Old French guaïne, inherited from Latin vāgīna (“sheath, scabbard”). Doublet of borrowed vagin. Cognate with Italian guaina, Catalan beina, Spanish vaina, Portuguese bainha.
The change of the onset from Vulgar Latin /v/ to Old French /(ɡ)w/ is due to Germanic influence. One theory sees in it a confluence with Frankish *wāgi (“cup”, compare Old English wǣġe). Alternatively it might be simply that as a military term the word was used most frequently among the Frankish warrior class and therefore came to be generalised in the form corresponding to their accent.