(etym.) Again, Against seem to be related.

HenHanna

2024-10-18 18:03:38 UTC

(etym.) Again, Against seem to be related.
SO are (German) wieder, wider
but not (French) encore, contre
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Historically, "again" and "against" were interchangeable in usage,
similar to pairs like "among/amongst" or "while/whilst".
The differentiation occurred over time, with "again" primarily evolving
into an adverb, while "against" took on its role as a preposition.

TIL (today i learn) that...
novel, noble, novus(?) , nouveau... are related.

Gainsay (etym.) Middle English: from obsolete gain- ‘against’ + say.

What is the origin of the word gainsay?
----------- It should help to know that the gain part comes to
us from the Old English word gēan-, meaning “against” or “in opposition
to.” In Middle English, gēan- was joined to seyen (“to say”) to form
gein-seyen, which led to the modern word gainsay.

Gegen (German) sounds like Gain (in Gainsay)

maybe (English) YET is related too

English Y is German G (Yellow-Gelb, Yesterday-Gestern)

What does Gainsay mean in the Bible?
Gainsay definition: To declare to be false; deny.

What does the idiom Gainsay mean? (Meaning of gainsay in English)

to refuse to accept something as the truth: Certainly there's no
gainsaying (= it is not possible to doubt) the technical brilliance of
his performance. Synonyms. challenge. dispute.

___________________I gainsay that.........

i thought this just meant something like... I daresay that...

omg... that's the opposite (of the true meaning)!!!