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English word origin

Etymology of angle

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eng- Proto-Indo-European *h₂engulos Proto-Italic *angulos Latin angulusder. Middle French anglebor. Middle English angle English angle From Middle English angle, angul, angule, borro

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
noun

A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle). · The measure of such a figure. In the case of a plane angle, this is the ratio (or proportional to the ratio) of the arc length to the radius of a section of a circle cut by the two rays, centered at their common point. In the case of a solid angle, this is the ratio of the surface area to the square of the radius of the section of a sphere. · A corner where two walls intersect. · A change in direction.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eng- Proto-Indo-European *h₂engulos Proto-Italic *angulos Latin angulusder. Middle French anglebor. Middle English angle English angle From Middle English angle, angul, angule, borrowed from Middle French angle, from Latin angulus, anglus (“corner, remote area”). Cognate with Old High German ancha (“nape of the neck”), Middle High German anke (“joint of the foot, nape of neck”). Doublet of angulus and ankle.

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  • Inherited-form mentionangleenm
  • Derivation mentionanglefrm
  • Derivation mentionangulusla · corner, remote area
  • Cognate mentionanchagoh · nape of the neck
  • Cognate mentionankegmh · joint of the foot, nape of neck

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
verb

To place (something) at an angle. · To change direction rapidly. · To present or argue something in a particular way or from a particular viewpoint. · To hamper (oneself or one's opponent) by leaving the cue ball in the jaws of a pocket such that the surround of the pocket (the "angle") blocks the path from cue ball to object ball.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eng- Proto-Indo-European *h₂engulos Proto-Italic *angulos Latin angulusder. Middle French anglebor. Middle English angle Middle English anglen English angle From Middle English anglen (“to meet at an angle, converge”), from the noun (see above).

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  • Inherited-form mentionanglenenm · to meet at an angle, converge
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Source etymology 3

Original entry ↗
noun

A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk-der. Proto-Germanic *angulaz Proto-West Germanic *angul Old English angol Middle English angel English angle From Middle English angel (“fishhook”), from Old English angel (“hook, fishhook”), from Proto-West Germanic *angul, from Proto-Germanic *angulaz (“hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk- (“to make crooked, bend”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Ongle (“fishhook; fishing pole”), West Frisian angel (“fishing rod, stinger”), Dutch angel (“fishhook”), German Angel (“fishing pole”), Luxembourgish Aangel (“fishing rod”), Icelandic öngull (“fishhook”), Norwegian Nynorsk angel, ongel, ongul (“fishhook”), Swedish angel (“pike hook”), Prasuni uku (“shoulder”).

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  • Inherited-form mentionangelenm · fishhook
  • Inherited-form mentionangelang · hook, fishhook
  • Inherited-form mention*angulgmw-pro
  • Inherited-form mention*angulazgem-pro · hook
  • Derivation mention*h₂enk-ine-pro · to make crooked, bend
  • Cognate mentionOnglestq · fishhook; fishing pole
  • Cognate mentionangelfy · fishing rod, stinger
  • Cognate mentionangelnl · fishhook
  • Cognate mentionAngelde · fishing pole
  • Cognate mentionAangellb · fishing rod
  • Cognate mentionöngullis · fishhook
  • Cognate mentionangelnn
  • Cognate mentionangelsv · pike hook
  • Cognate mentionukuprn · shoulder
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Source etymology 4

Original entry ↗
verb

To try to catch fish with a hook and line. · To attempt to subtly persuade someone to offer a desired thing.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk-der. Proto-Germanic *angulaz Proto-West Germanic *angul Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-West Germanic *-ōn Proto-West Germanic *anglōn Old English *anglian? Middle English anglen English angle From Middle English anglen (“to fish, fish with a hook”, literally “to fish-hook”), perhaps from Old English *anglian, from Proto-West Germanic *anglōn (“to hook”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian ongelje (“to fish, angle”), Dutch hengelen (“to fish, angle”), German Low German angeln (“to fish, angle”), German angeln (“to fish, angle”).

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

  • Inherited-form mentionanglenenm · to fish, fish with a hook
  • Inherited-form mention*anglianang
  • Inherited-form mention*anglōngmw-pro · to hook
  • Cognate mentionongeljestq · to fish, angle
  • Cognate mentionhengelennl · to fish, angle
  • Cognate mentionangelnde · to fish, angle
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Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.

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