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I like the expression new-fangled. I don’t know what it means for something to be fangled, but I sure as hell know it was recent

It’s from the Old English word feng, which can mean “to take”, or also “to grasp, hold, or embrace”. So something that’s newfangled is something that was taken up recently.

The reason it’s using this pretty archaic root is that it’s an older word than a lot of people think. Here it is in the Canterbury Tales.

A photograph of a printed page with Middle English text on it. The word "newefangelnesse" is highlighted. ALT

Minutes after posting: “Why did I write archaic when I could have gone with old-fangled?”

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