Where does “flanged” come from?

Flanged comes from English flange, which derives from Old English -od, tracing back through Proto-Germanic -ōdaz to Proto-Indo-European -eh₂tos and -tós.

flanged (English): Having one or more flanges

Definitions

  1. Having one or more flanges

Ancestry of “flanged”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishflangeAn external or internal rib or rim, used either...
2EnglishflanchA flange; A bearing consisting of a circle...
3Old Frenchflancheflank, side
4Frankish*hlanku

Words derived from “flanged

Every word from Frankish *hlankuEvery word from Old French flancheEvery word from English flanch
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