Where does “mangle” come from?

Mangle comes from Middle Dutch mangel, from Old French mahangler and mangonner, from Latin manganum, from Ancient Greek μάγγανον, ultimately from Μαγνησία, a region whose name gave rise to the suffix -ῐ́ᾱ.

mangle (English): To change, mutilate or disfigure by cutting,...

Definitions

  1. To change, mutilate or disfigure by cutting,...

Ancestry of “mangle”, step by step

mangle traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch mangel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchmangellack, deficiency
2Dutchmangelento lack
3Middle Dutchmangelen
4Middle Dutchmangel
5Middle High Germanmangel
6Latinmanganummanganese; mangonel
7Medieval Latinmagnesianominative/accusative/vocative plural of...
8Ancient GreekΜαγνησίαMagnesia
9Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
10Proto-Indo-European-íh₂
11Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

via Middle English mangelen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishmangelen
2Old Frenchmangler
3Old Frenchmangonnerto cut to pieces

via Spanish mangle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmanglemangrove

Words derived from “mangle

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱEvery word from Ancient Greek Μαγνησία