Tanglewood
/ˈtæŋ.ɡəl.wʊd/noun
A wooded place or thicket; also a proper name used for forests or wooded estates.
Did you know?As a compound of native English words, Tanglewood doesn’t hide an occult root itself, but it taps into the old symbolic power of the forest as a place of confusion, enchantment, and getting lost.
Etymological Timeline
Old English
OE
tancian
“to entangle or twist together”
Old English
OE
wudu
“wood, forest, tree”
Middle English
ME
tanglen
“to entangle, snarl, or twist”
Modern English
English
tanglewood
“a wooded tangle; a dense, tangled wood”