Etymograph

English

Vange

Vange comes from Middle English Vange, and goes back to Old English Fengge.

  1. Old Englishc. 450–1150Fengge
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Vange
  3. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Old Englishc. 450–1150Fengge
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Vange
  3. Englishtodaysame form

The story

Inherited from Middle English Vange, from earlier Fange, from Old English Fengge, probably from fenn (‘fen’) + -ġē, -gēa (‘district’). The development of Old English -eng- to -ang- and initial fricative voicing are features of Essex Middle English that have otherwise been levelled out due to the influence of surrounding dialects.

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *pen- ‘moist, wet, mud, swamp, water’

penetrate, impenetrable, 2 more

through Old English fenn ‘fen’

fen, 1 more

Today it means

name A suburb in Basildon borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ7287).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Old English Fengge / Vange

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