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Where does “Angie” come from?

Angie is an English diminutive of Angela, which derives from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (angelos, messenger) through Middle French -ie and Latin formations ultimately rooted in Proto-Indo-European -kos.

Ancestry of “Angie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishAngela—
2LatinAngelus—
3Ancient Greekἄγγελοςa messenger; one that announces; angel, heavenly...
4Old Norseengillangel
5Old Saxonengilangel
6Proto-West Germanicangilangel
7Latinangelusangel; messenger
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