engager

to pledge, commit; to hire, sign, snap up; to involve; to encourage; to pawn

From Middle French engager, from Old French engagier (“to pawn, make a pledge, plight”), from en- (“in, under”) + gage, guage (“pledge”), from Late Latin wadium (“pledge”), from Frankish *wadi ~ waddj- (“pledge”), from Proto-Germanic *wadją (“pledge, guarantee”), from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“guarantee, bail”). Cognate with Middle Dutch wedde (“property, pay”), Old High German wetti (“collateral, security agreement”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌹 (wadi, “guarantee”), Old English wedd (“pledge, vow”). Mor