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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin and Etymology of the word
WAGER.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893 |
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WAGER,
a pledge, bet, something staked upon a chance. (F.,—Teut.)
M. E. wager, Assembly of Ladies, st. 55, pr. in Chaucer's Works, ed.
1561, fol. 259; spelt wajour, Polit. Songs, ed. Wright, p. 219, l. 19, in
a song dated 1308.—O. F. wageure, orig. form of O. F. gageure,
'a water,' Cot.—Low Lat. wadiatura, sb. formed from the pp. of wadiare,
to pledge, also to wager (as shewn by Wedgwood); see Wage.
Der. wager, verb, Haml. iv. 7. 135; wager-er.
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| Etymology
Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Key |
| Arab.=Arabic. |
| A.S.=Anglo
Saxon. |
| Bavar.=Bavarian |
| Bohem.=Bohemian. |
| C.=Celtic,
used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton,
Cornish, &c. |
| Corn.=Cornish. |
| Dan.=Danish. |
| Du.=Dutch |
| E.=English. |
| E.E.=Early
English. |
| Europ.=European. |
| F.=French. |
| G.=German. |
| Gk.=Greek. |
| Goth.=Gothic. |
| Icel.=Icelandic. |
| Ital.=Italian. |
| L. or
Lat.=Latin. |
| Lith.
& Lithuan.=Lithuanian. |
| M.E.=Middle
English. |
| M.F.=Middle
French |
| M.H.G.=Middle
High German. |
| Norw.=Norwegian. |
| O.F.=Old
French. |
| O.H.G.=Old
High German. |
| Pers.=Persian. |
| Port.=Portuguese. |
| Scand.=Scandinavian,
used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish,
&c. |
| Sc.=Scottish. |
| Skt.=Sanskrit. |
| Span.=Spanish. |
| Swed.=Sweish. |
| Teut.=Teutonic |
| Turk.=Turkish. |
| W.=Welsh. |
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