Where does “angle” come from?

Angle comes from Middle English angle, from Middle French angle, from Latin angulus, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος.

angle (English): A figure formed by two rays which start from a...

Definitions

  1. A figure formed by two rays which start from a...

Ancestry of “angle”, step by step

angle traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English angle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishangle—
2Middle Frenchanglecorner
3Old FrenchAngleangel biblical being
4Late LatinAngelus—
5Ancient Greekἄγγελοςa messenger; one that announces; angel, heavenly...
6Old Norseengillangel
7Old Saxonengilangel
8Proto-West Germanicangilangel
9Latinangelusangel; messenger

via Middle English angul

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishangul—

via Middle English angule

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishangule—

Words derived from “angle”

Every word from Latin angelus →Every word from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος →Every word from Old Norse engill →