English
fango
Fango comes from Italian fango ‘mud’, and goes back to Vulgar Latin *fangus.
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*fangusas *fangus ~ *fanga‘mud’reconstructed
- Italianc. 1300–presentfango‘mud’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*fangusas *fangus ~ *fanga‘mud’reconstructed
- Italianc. 1300–presentfango‘mud’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pen- ‘moist, wet, mud, swamp, water’
penetrate, impenetrable, 1 more
through Proto-Germanic *fanją ‘swamp, fen’
Today it means
noun Mud from the thermal springs at Battaglia in Italy, used to treat certain medical complaints such as gout and rheumatism.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Vulgar Latin *fangus / fango