Where does “Angle” come from?

Angle (French) comes from Middle French angle, from Old French Angle, from Late Latin Angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος, from Old Norse engill, from Old Saxon engil, from Proto-West Germanic angil, from Latin angelus — angel; messenger.

Ancestry of “Angle”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Angle

Every word from Latin angelus