Where does “angles” come from?
angles (Catalan) comes from Catalan és, from Latin est, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- — to be.
angles (Catalan): Englishman; creditor; English
Definitions
- Englishman; creditor; English
Ancestry of “angles”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Catalan | és | |
| 2 | Latin | est | third-person singular present active indicative... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ésti | to be |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁es- | to be |