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gonfanon

Meaningbattle banner

Common meaning: long hanging banner, especially a medieval standard

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√GHAN‘strike’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 108, p. 733 · scan
  2. Middle High Germangundfano‘battle banner’source
  3. Old Frenchmeaning shiftsbattle banner → gun- fanongonfanon‘gun- fanon’source
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsgun- fanon → long hanging banner, especially a medieval standardgonfanon‘long hanging banner, especially a medieval standard’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Middle High German gundfano ‘battle banner’.

Roots

  • gundfano Middle High German “battle banner”

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