Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To label (something). · To mark (something) with one's graffiti tag. · To remove dung tags from a sheep. · To hit the ball hard.
A small label. · A skin tag, an excrescence of skin. · A dangling lock of sheep's wool, matted with dung; a dung tag. · Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely.
From Middle English tagge (“small piece hanging from a garment”), probably of North Germanic origin. Compare Norwegian tagg (“point; prong; barb; tag”), Swedish tagg (“thorn; prickle; tine”), Icelandic tág (“a willow-twig”). Compare also tack.
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