Onfang Definition

Origin of Onfang

• From Middle English onfangen, onfon (“to receive, accept”), from Old English onfōn, ondfōn (“to receive, accept, perceive”), from Proto-Germanic *and- + *fanhaną (“to accept”), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂ḱ- (“to fasten, fix, stick”), equivalent to and- +‎ fang. Cognate with West Frisian ûntfange (“to receive”), Dutch ontvangen (“to receive”), German empfangen (“to receive, welcome”), Icelandic aðfang (“input, supply”), Latin pangō (“fix, fasten, drive in”), Old English ġefangian (“to fasten, join”). More at un-, fang.

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