Etymology

ongang

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Today it means: A start-up; beginning; commencement (of activity, work, machinery, etc.); a setting in motion. Full definition →

Middle English *ongang ← Old English ongang
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromongang“entrance, incursion, irruption, assault, attack; worship”
  2. Middle English · inherited from*ongang
  3. English todayongang

From Middle English *ongang, *ongong, from Old English ongang (“entrance, incursion, irruption, assault, attack; worship”), equivalent to on- + gang.

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