Where does “anglet” come from?

anglet (French) comes from French 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, from Proto-West Germanic angil — angel; messenger.

anglet (French): A v-shaped cavity in a wall

Definitions

  1. A v-shaped cavity in a wall

Ancestry of “anglet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchAngle
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
Every word from Latin angelus
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