English

infang

From in- + fang (“to catch, take, receive”).

Formed from in- + fang ‘to catch, take, receive’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in ‘into’

English in-

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

Today it means

verb To draw or take in; haul in.

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