Masculin

Zwang

(Anglais)

compulsion, obligation, duress

Fréquence

C1
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/t͡svaŋ/
Étymologie (Anglais)

In summary

From Middle High German twanc, from Old High German geduang, from Proto-West Germanic *þwangi, from Proto-Germanic *þwangiz, Proto-Germanic *þwanguz (“coercion, constraint, band, clamp, strap”). Cognates include: Dutch dwang, Swedish tvång, and English thong.

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