An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/entgegen

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, E
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
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2628940An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, E — entgegenJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

​ entgegen, adverb, ‘against, in opposition, towards,’ from Middle High German engęgen, Old High German ingęgin, and ingagan, adverb and preposition, ‘towards, against’; compare Old Saxon angęgin, Anglo-Saxon ongeán, English again; see gegen. —

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