Etymograph

English

hagborn

From hag + born.

A compound of hag + born

Proto-West Germanic *hagatussjā ‘witch’

Old English hægtesse ‘harpy, witch’

Middle English hagge ‘demon, old woman’

English hag

Today it means

adj Born of a hag or witch.

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

Etymograph / hagborn