The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀρχάγγελος
- Latin · derived fromarchangelus
- Old French · derived fromarchangele
- Middle English · inherited fromarchangel
- English todayarchangel
From Middle English archangel, from Old French archangele, from Latin archangelus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχάγγελος (arkhángelos) from Ancient Greek prefix ἀρχι- (arkhi-) + ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger”). By surface analysis, arch- + angel.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.