Etymograph

English

straggot

Blend of str(aight) + (f)aggot.

A blend of straight + faggot

Proto-West Germanic *strakkjan ‘to stretch’

Old English streċċan ‘to stretch’

Middle English strecchen ‘to stretch’

Middle English streight ‘straight’

English straight

Middle English fagot ‘faggot, bavin’

English faggot

Today it means

noun A heterosexual person; a breeder.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “straggot”. 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.

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