Where does newfangleness come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

newfangleness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: new-fan-gle-ness
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noun

Obsolete form of newfangledness.

Obsolete; Uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English newfangelnesse, newfongilnes, from Old English *nīwefangelnes (compare Old English underfangelnes), equivalent to new- + fangle + -ness.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: new
Root: newfangelnesse, *nīwefangelnes
Suffix: fangle

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What does newfangleness mean?: Obsolete form of newfangledness.
Where does newfangleness come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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