Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

angon

/ˈæŋ.ɡɒn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: an-gon
IPA: /ˈæŋ.ɡɒn/

6

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of javelin with a barbed tip, used by the Franks and the various Germanic tribes in the Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages.

name

A surname from Spanish.

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek ἄγγων (ángōn, “prong, hook”); ultimately of Gothic *𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰 (*agga, “prong, hook”) and that from Proto-Germanic *angô (“hook; barb; angle”).

Origin

Source language: Gothic

Word Breakdown

Root: ἄγγων, *𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰, *angô, Angón

Inflected Forms

angons (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce angon?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈæŋ.ɡɒn/.
What does angon mean?: A type of javelin with a barbed tip, used by the Franks and the various Germanic tribes in the Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages.
Where does angon come from?: It is traced to Gothic.

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