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Where does “fag end” come from?

fag end (English) comes from Middle English fagge — flap.

fag end (English): Alternative form of fag-end; remnant

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of fag-end; remnant

Ancestry of “fag end”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishfaggeflap

Words derived from “fag end”

  • fag
  • faggy
  • faggery
  • fagmaster
  • faggish
  • fagbutt
  • fagginess
  • fagdom
  • fagboy
  • artfag
  • fagling
  • Britfag
  • douchefag
  • normalfag
  • scifag
  • namefag
  • leaderfag
  • Eurofag
  • -fag
  • egofag
  • fagness
  • summerfag
  • tripfag
  • lulzfag
Every word from Middle English fagge →