Where does “Angle” come from?

Angle (Old French) comes 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 (Old French): angel biblical being

Definitions

  1. angel biblical being

Ancestry of “Angle”, step by step

Angle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Late Latin Angelus

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

via Latin Angulus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinAngulusA city of the Vestini, situated on a hill near the Adriatic Sea, now the town of Città Sant'Angelo
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂engulosjoint?
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eng-curve, bend

Words derived from “Angle”

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