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Where does “mangled” come from?

Mangled comes from English mangle, from Middle Dutch mangel, from Old English -od, from Proto-Germanic -ōdaz, from Latin manganum, from Ancient Greek μάγγανον, from Ancient Greek μαγνησία, from Ancient Greek Μαγνησία.

mangled (English): mutilated, twisted, or disfigured; simple past...

Definitions

  1. mutilated, twisted, or disfigured; simple past...

Ancestry of “mangled”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmangleTo change, mutilate or disfigure by cutting,...
2Dutchmangel
3DutchmangelenTo lack; To fail, fall short; To wring laundry ...
4Middle Dutchmangelen—
5Middle Dutchmangel—
6Middle High Germanmangel—
7Latinmanganummanganese; mangonel
8Medieval Latinmagnesianominative/accusative/vocative plural of...
9Ancient GreekΜαγνησίαMagnesia
10Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
11Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
12Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “mangled”

  • unmangled
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