wager

(Engels)

wage

Frequentie

C2
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ˈweɪ.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/
Etymologie (Engels)

In summary

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.

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