Angle
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin Anglus, in turn borrowed from a Germanic source (compare Old English Ængle/Engle (“Angle”)). Probably derived from the toponym Angle, related to Proto-Germanic *anguz "narrow, tight; tapering, angular", either indicating the "narrow" water (i.e. the Schlei estuary), or the "angular" shape of the peninsula.
Folk etymology linking the word to English angel or any antecedents is demonstrably false.(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Angle (plural Angles)
- (historical) A member of a Germanic tribe first mentioned by Tacitus, one of several which invaded Britain and merged to become the Anglo-Saxons; an Anglian.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]a member of the ancient Germanic tribe
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[edit]Latin
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Angle
Mauritian Creole
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]Angle (feminine Anglez)
- English person
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