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Where does “mangelen” come from?

mangelen (Middle English) comes from Old French mangler, from Old French mangonner — to cut to pieces.

Ancestry of “mangelen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmangler—
2Old Frenchmangonnerto cut to pieces

Words derived from “mangelen”

  • mangled
  • mangle
  • unmangled
  • mangler
  • mangleth
  • bemangle
  • unmangle
  • manglest
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