angelic

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀγγελικός“of or for a messenger”
2. Latin · derived fromangelicus
3. Old French · derived fromangélique
4. Old English · inherited fromanġelīċ
5. Middle English · inherited fromangelik
6. English todayangelic

From Middle English angelik, aungillik, aungellike, (also angellich, aungellich > English angelly), from Old English anġelīċ, engellīċ, englelīċ, coalescing with Old French angélique, from Latin angelicus, from Ancient Greek ἀγγελικός (angelikós, “of or for a messenger”), from ἄγγελος (ángelos, “angel”). Equivalent to angel + -ic. Doublet of angelique (“plant of the genus Angelica”) and angélique (“plucked bowl lute”).

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