geindre

to moan, groan

“Il était là, geignant sous ses grosses couvertures, pâle, la barbe longue, les yeux caves, et, de temps à autre, tournant sa tête en sueur sur le sale oreiller où s'abattaient les mouches.”

Related: geignard

Inherited from Old French giembre, inherited from Latin gemere. Doublet of gémir.

a worker who kneads dough in a bakery

Inherited from Old French joindre, gaindre (direct case), inherited from Vulgar Latin *jŭnior, from Latin jūnior (nominative). Compare Old French gignor (from the Latin accusative). Doublet of junior, a recent borrowing.