- angle
- {{11}}angle (n.) "space between intersecting lines," late 14c., from O.Fr. angle "angle, corner," and directly from L. angulus "an angle, corner," a diminutive form from PIE root *ang-/*ank- "to bend" (Cf. Gk. ankylos "bent, crooked," L. ang(u)ere "to compress in a bend, fold, strangle;" O.C.S. aglu "corner;" Lith. anka "loop;" Skt. ankah "hook, bent," angam "limb;" O.E. ancleo "ankle;" O.H.G. ango "hook"). Angle bracket is 1875 in carpentry; 1956 in typography.{{12}}angle (v.1) "to fish with a hook," mid-15c., from O.E. angel (n.) "angle, hook, fishhook," related to anga "hook," from PIE *ang-/*ank- "to bend" (see ANGLE (Cf. angle) (n.)). Cf. O.E. angul, O.N. öngull, O.H.G. angul, Ger. Angel "fishhook." Figurative sense is recorded from 1580s.It is but a sory lyfe and an yuell to stand anglynge all day to catche a fewe fisshes. [John Palsgrave, 1530]Related: Angled; angling.{{12}}angle (v.2) "to move at an angle, to move diagonally or obliquely," 1741, from ANGLE (Cf. angle) (n.). Related: Angled; angling.
Etymology dictionary. 2014.