Where does “gyroangle” come from?

gyroangle (English) comes from English Angle, from Middle English angle, from Middle French angle, from Old French Angle, from Late Latin Angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος, from Old Norse engill, from Old Saxon engil — angel; messenger.

gyroangle (English): An angle in gyrovector space

Definitions

  1. An angle in gyrovector space

Ancestry of “gyroangle”, step by step

gyroangle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Angle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishAngleA member of a Germanic tribe first mentioned by...
2Middle Englishangle
3Middle Frenchanglecorner
4Old FrenchAngleangel biblical being
5Late LatinAngelus
6Ancient Greekἄγγελοςa messenger; one that announces; angel, heavenly...
7Old Norseengillangel
8Old Saxonengilangel
9Proto-West Germanicangilangel
10Latinangelusangel; messenger

via English gyro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgyroA gyroscope; A gyrocompass; An autogyro
2Englishgyroscopean apparatus composed of a wheel which spins...
3Frenchgyroscopegyroscope
4Ancient Greekσκοπόςwatcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout
5Ancient GreekσκέπτομαιI look at, examine; I examine, consider, think
6Proto-Hellenicsképťomaito look at
7Proto-Indo-Europeanspéḱyetito be looking at, to keep looking at
8Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe
Every word from Latin angelus