guanyar

Catalan

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) to win gain a prize by succeeding
  • (intransitive) to win achieve victory
  • (transitive) to earn receive payment for work

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan guadanyar inherited from Old Occitan gazanhar inherited from Latin *wadaniāre, *wadaniō, *wadanio derived from Frankish *waiþanjan (graze, pasture, hunt, hunt for food, forage, get food) derived from Proto-Germanic *waiþanjaną.

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*waiþanjaną

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