angle English · revision 5614

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈæŋ.ɡəl/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ {{homograph|1|corner}}

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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1380|origins=la angulus}}

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The corner is [[inh|enm|angle]], [[bor|fro|angle|t=angle, corner]] and directly from [[la|angulus|t=corner, angle]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) from [[ine-pro|*ank-|t=to bend]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) also the source of Greek ankýlos “bent, crooked”, Sanskrit áṅgam “limb” and Old English ancleo “ankle”.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) It is related to the fishing word below and to [[ankle]].^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A corner: about 1380, in Chaucer's House of Fame, according to Barnhart.^(Barnhart 1988) The space between two meeting lines is from about 1386 in the OED, the late 14th century in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In astrology each of the four cardinal houses was an angle.^(SOED 2002) Measurement by angles is used in physics and mechanics from the early 17th century.^(OED 1989) The point of view from which one approaches something is from 1872.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) The angle bracket is from 1781 in carpentry.^(Etymonline) The verb, to place or direct at an angle, is from late Middle English;^(SOED 2002) to present a report from a particular point of view is a later sense.^(AHD)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1380 – a corner.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * c. 1386 – the space between two lines.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1781 – the angle bracket.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1872 – a point of view.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The space between two lines or surfaces that meet, measured in [[degree|alt=degrees]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A [[corner]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A position from which something is looked at, or a way of thinking about it.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To move or place something so that it is not straight.^(SOED 2002)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To present information from a particular point of view.^(AHD)

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+ {{homograph|2|fish}}

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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 1450|origins=ine-pro *ank-}}

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+ ==Etymology==

+ To fish is Middle English angelen, from the noun angel “fishhook”,^(MWU 2024)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) which is [[inh|ang|angel|t=fishhook]] (related to anga “hook”),^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) [[inh|gem-pro|*angul-]],^(Etymonline) from [[ine-pro|*ank-|t=to bend]], the same root as the corner word.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) Old High German angul and Old Norse ǫngull “fishhook” are related.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ To fish with a hook and line: about 1450 in Barnhart, the mid-15th century in Etymonline.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) The noun “fishhook” is from about 880, in Alfred's Boethius.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The figurative sense, to try to get something by artful means, as in ''angling for a compliment'', is from the 1580s.^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002) ''Angler'' is from the 14th century,^(Hoad 1986) and Izaak Walton's Compleat Angler made the word famous.^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 880 – the noun, a fishhook.^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1450 – to fish.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1580s – to try to get by tricks.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[fish]] with a hook and line.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To try to get something by hints or tricks: ''angling for an invitation''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[angular]]

+ * [[angulate]]

+ * [[angulation]]

+ * [[pentangle]]

+ * [[quadrangle]]

+ * [[rectangle]]

+ * [[triangle]]

+ * [[ankle]]

+ * [[angler]]

+ * [[Angle]]

+ * [[English]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ The Angles, the Germanic people who settled in Britain in the 5th century and gave their name to England, are named after Angul in Schleswig, perhaps for its hook-like shape.^(Etymonline)^(Cresswell 2021)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}