Angle

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", either indicating the "narrow" water (i.e. the Schlei estuary), or the shape of the peninsula.

Folk etymology linking the word to English angel or any antecedents is demonstrably false.(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

• IPA^(key): /ˈæŋ.ɡəl/
• Rhymes: -æŋɡəl

Angle (plural Angles)

1. (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.

• Angel, Elgan, Galen, Lange, Legan, Nagle, agnel, angel, genal, glean, lenga

Angle

1. vocative singular of Anglus

From French Anglais.

Angle (feminine Anglez)

1. English person

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑn.ɡle/, [ˈɑŋ.ɡle]

Angle m pl

1. alternative form of Engle