Where does “angle” come from?

angle (Middle French) comes 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.

angle (Middle French): corner

Definitions

  1. corner

Ancestry of “angle”, step by step

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

Words derived from “angle

Every word from Latin angelus