Translation
angel
Word origin
From Latin angelus, itself from Greek angelos ('messenger'). The Greek word was the everyday term for someone carrying news; the Bible translators borrowed it for the heavenly kind, and every European language inherited it.
- Origin
- Greek, via Latin
- Root
- angelos
- English cognates
- angel, evangelist
Examples
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The child slept like an angel.
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In the church there is a picture of an angel.
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Angels often appear in old stories.
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