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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin of the word BANG. Etymology of the word
BANG.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893 |
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BANG (1),
to beat violently. (Scand.) Shak. has bang'd; Tw.
Night, iii. 2. 24.—Icel. bang, a hammering. + Dan. bank, a
beating; banke, to beat. + O. Swed. bång, a hammering.
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Perhaps related to Skt. bhanj, to split, break, destroy; see Fick, s.v.
bhag, i.
155, who cites O. Irish bong, to break.
BANG (2),
a narcotic drug. (Persian.) Bang, the name of a drug,
is an importation from the East.—Pers. bang, an inebriating
draught, hashísh; Palmer's Pers. Dict. col. 93. Cf. Skt. bhangá,
hemp; the drug being made from the wild hemp (Webster). The Skt. bhangá
is a fem. form of the adj. bhanga, breaking, from bhanj, to
break. ¶
Prob. introduced by the Portuguese; 'they call it in Portuguese banga;' Capt.
Knox (A.D. 1681), in Arber's Eng. Garner, i. 402.
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| Etymology
Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Arab.=Arabic. |
| A.S.=Anglo
Saxon. |
| Bavar.=Bavarian |
| Bohem.=Bohemian. |
| C.=Celtic,
used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton,
Cornish, &c. |
| Corn.=Cornish. |
| Dan.=Danish. |
| Du.=Dutch |
| E.=English. |
| E.E.=Early
English. |
| Europ.=European. |
| F.=French. |
| G.=German. |
| Gk.=Greek. |
| Goth.=Gothic. |
| Icel.=Icelandic. |
| Ital.=Italian. |
| L. or
Lat.=Latin. |
| Lith.
& Lithuan.=Lithuanian. |
| M.E.=Middle
English. |
| M.F.=Middle
French |
| M.H.G.=Middle
High German. |
| Norw.=Norwegian. |
| O.F.=Old
French. |
| O.H.G.=Old
High German. |
| Pers.=Persian. |
| Port.=Portuguese. |
| Scand.=Scandinavian,
used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish,
&c. |
| Sc.=Scottish. |
| Skt.=Sanskrit. |
| Span.=Spanish. |
| Swed.=Sweish. |
| Teut.=Teutonic |
| Turk.=Turkish. |
| W.=Welsh. |
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