English Explanatory Dictionary

angon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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
  1. A surname from Spanish.

Pronunciation

/ˈæŋ.ɡɒn/

Word forms

angon angons

Etymology

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

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