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Where does “sengle” come from?

sengle (Middle English) comes from Old French cengle, from Vulgar Latin cingla, from Late Latin cingula, from Latin Cingulum, from Latin -ulum, from Proto-Indo-European -tlom, from Proto-Indo-European -trom, from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

Ancestry of “sengle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcenglefence; girdle
2Vulgar Latincingla—
3Late Latincingulanominative/accusative/vocative plural of cingulum
4LatinCingulum—
5Latin-ulumUsed to form a noun of instrument or means from a...
6Proto-Indo-European-tlomAlternative form of *-trom
7Proto-Indo-European-tromForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
8Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

Words derived from “sengle”

  • single
  • singles
  • singleness
  • singlet
  • singleton
  • singleminded
  • singlemindedness
  • singlehood
  • singlemindedly
  • singlestick
  • singlehearted
  • singletree
  • singletrack
  • singledom
  • singleheartedness
  • singleplayer
  • nonsingleton
  • singleplex
  • singleleaf
  • singleheartedly
  • nonsingle
  • singletail
  • cingle
  • singlely
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