Where does “newfangledness” come from?
newfangledness (English) comes from English newfangled, from English New, from English MAN, from Middle English man, from Old English mān, from Sanskrit महादेव, from Sanskrit महा, from Sanskrit महायान — to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel.
newfangledness (English): The quality of being newfangled
Definitions
- The quality of being newfangled
Ancestry of “newfangledness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | newfangled | Modern, unfamiliar, or different |
| 2 | English | New | — |
| 3 | English | MAN | Initialism of Metropolitan Area Network |
| 4 | Middle English | man | Typically singular, indefinite pronoun: one, you;... |
| 5 | Old English | mān | bad, criminal, false; shameful act; crime;... |
| 6 | Sanskrit | महादेव | — |
| 7 | Sanskrit | महा | combining form of महत्; buffalo; great, large,... |
| 8 | Sanskrit | महायान | — |
| 9 | Sanskrit | यान | carriage, vehicle, mode of transport; moving,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | yáHnam | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | yáHnam | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yéh₂-nom | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | yeh₂- | to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel |