Etymology

heptangle

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Today it means: A seven-pointed star with the construction lines retained. Full definition →

English angle ← Middle English angle ← Middle French angle
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The story

  1. Englishhept-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eng-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂engulos
  4. Proto-Italic*angulos
  5. Latinangulus
  6. Middle Frenchangle
  7. Middle Englishangle
  8. Englishangle
  9. English todayheptangle

From hept- + angle.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.