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Where does “twangler” come from?

twangler (English) comes from English twangle, from English Le, from French lé, from French moine, from Middle French moine, from Old French monie, from Latin monicus.

twangler (English): One who makes a twangling sound

Definitions

  1. One who makes a twangling sound

Ancestry of “twangler”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtwangleTo twang repetitively; A twanging sound
2EnglishLe—
3Frenchlébreadth, width; strip, length
4Frenchmoinemonk
5Middle Frenchmoinemonk
6Old Frenchmonie—
7Latinmonicus—
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