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Where does “newfangled” come from?

Newfangled comes from English new, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European new-, a root also found in Proto-Germanic niwjaz and Old English nīwe, meaning "new" or "recently made."

newfangled (English): Modern, unfamiliar, or different

Definitions

  1. Modern, unfamiliar, or different

Ancestry of “newfangled”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNew—
2EnglishMANInitialism of Metropolitan Area Network
3Middle EnglishmanTypically singular, indefinite pronoun: one, you;...
4Old Englishmānbad, criminal, false; shameful act; crime;...
5Sanskritमहादेव—
6Sanskritमहाcombining form of महत्; buffalo; great, large,...
7Sanskritमहायान—
8Sanskritयानcarriage, vehicle, mode of transport; moving,...
9Proto-Indo-AryanyáHnam—
10Proto-Indo-IranianyáHnam—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanyéh₂-nom—
12Proto-Indo-Europeanyeh₂-to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel

Words derived from “newfangled”

  • newfangledness
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