English
fangsome
Fangsome comes from English fang.
- English1500–presentfang
- Englishearliest quotation 1990fangsome
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- English1500–presentfang
- Englishearliest quotation 1990fangsome
Earliest quotation: 1990, Dan McGirt, Royal Chaos: “You will find that you share the caves with…”
A compound of fang + -some
Proto-Germanic *fanhaną ‘to take, to seize’
Proto-West Germanic *fą̄han ‘to take, to seize’
Old English fōn ‘to catch, take, seize’
Old English fengtōþ ‘molar tooth’
Middle English *fangtooth
English fang
Every English word from English fang
Today it means
adj Having sharp and menacing teeth.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / English fang / fangsome