English

gainstrive

From gain- + strive.

Proto-Germanic *gagin ‘towards, against’

Proto-West Germanic *gagin

English gain-

Frankish *strīban ‘to exert, make an effort’

Old French estriver ‘to compete, quarrel’

Middle English striven ‘to strive’

Today it means

verb To strive against; to resist, oppose.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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