Sang
/sæŋ/noun
Past tense of the verb sing, meaning to produce musical sounds with the voice.
Did you know?English sang descends from Proto-Indo-European *sengwh- / *sengʷʰ- meaning “to sing,” a root that also gave Latin singūlus? No—its clearest relatives are in Germanic languages, where singing was treated as a powerful, almost spell-like act.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*sengwh-
“to sing, make vocal music”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*sangwaz
“song, singing”
Old English
OE
sang
“sang; also song in noun use”
Middle English
ME
sang
“past tense of sing”
Modern English
EN
sang
“past tense of sing”