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
- Modern, unfamiliar, or different
Ancestry of “newfangled”, step by step
newfangled traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English New
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | New | made, or created |
| 2 | English | MAN | Initialism of Metropolitan Area Network |
| 3 | English | manual | A handbook; A booklet that instructs on the usage... |
| 4 | Middle English | manuel | — |
| 5 | Anglo-Norman | manuel | manual; done with the hands; handle; manual;... |
| 6 | Old French | manual | — |
| 7 | Latin | manuālis | hand |
| 8 | Latin | manus | hand; bravery, valor; violence, fighting |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | manus | hand |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | man- | human being; man; hand |
via English fangled
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fangled | simple past tense and past participle of fangle |