Etymograph

English

span-new

Span-new comes from Old Norse spān-nȳr.

  1. Old Norsec. 800–1350spān-nȳr1
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500span-neue1‘brand new’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1655span-new1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English span-new
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1655, Thomas Fuller, Section II. The Seventh Century.: “Had Augustine been archbishop of London, he might have…”.

Lineage

  1. Old Norsec. 800–1350spān-nȳrWiktionary, English span-new
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500span-neueWiktionary, English span-new‘brand new’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1655span-newWiktionary, English span-new. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1655, Thomas Fuller, Section II. The Seventh Century.: “Had Augustine been archbishop of London, he might have…”

Every English word from Old Norse spān-nȳr

Today it means

adj brand new

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “span-new”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Old Norse spān-nȳr / span-new

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