Where does “angelwing” come from?
angelwing (English) comes from English angel, from Middle English angel, from Old French angle, from Old English enġel, from Proto-West Germanic angil, from Latin angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος, from Old Norse engill — angel.
angelwing (English): A kind of mollusk; a piddock
Definitions
- A kind of mollusk; a piddock
Ancestry of “angelwing”, step by step
angelwing traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English angel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | angel | An incorporeal and sometimes divine messenger... |
| 2 | Middle English | angel | Alternative form of aungel; fishhook |
| 3 | Old French | angle | angel |
| 4 | Old English | enġel | angel |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | angil | angel |
| 6 | Latin | angelus | angel; messenger |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἄγγελος | a messenger; one that announces; angel, heavenly... |
| 8 | Old Norse | engill | angel |
| 9 | Old Saxon | engil | angel |
via English wing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | wing | An appendage of an animal's body that enables it... |
| 2 | English | woman | An adult female human; All female humans... |
| 3 | Middle English | womman | An female adult person; a woman; The female sex... |
| 4 | Old English | wīfmann | woman; female servant; woman |
| 5 | Old English | mann | person; man meaning mankind; man meaning adult... |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | mann | person, human |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *mann- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |