Where does “abracadabrangle” come from?

abracadabrangle (English) comes from English triangle, from Middle English triangle, from Old French triangle, from Latin triangulum, from Latin triangulus, from Latin Angulus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂engulos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eng- — curve, bend.

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Ancestry of “abracadabrangle”, step by step

abracadabrangle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English triangle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtriangleA polygon with three sides and three angles; A...
2Middle Englishtriangle
3Old Frenchtriangle
4Latintriangulumtriangle; nominative neuter singular of...
5Latintriangulustriangular, three-cornered, three-sided;...
6LatinAngulusA city of the Vestini, situated on a hill near the Adriatic Sea, now the town of Città Sant'Angelo
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂engulosjoint?
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eng-curve, bend

via English abracadabra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishabracadabraA use of the mystical term ‘abracadabra’,...
2Late Latinabracadabra
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eng-
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