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出典:Wiktionary
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2024/06/18 21:45 UTC 版)
Ultimately related to the plural noun Engle (“the English,” originally “the Angles”), possibly from an unattested singular form *Angul or *Angel, related to Angel (“Anglia”), the Angles' original homeland in continental Europe, or else from a root common to all these terms. Similar prefixes exist for other peoples, in words like Wendelsǣ (“the Mediterranean,” literally “the Vandal-sea”) and Swēoland (“Sweden,” literally “Swede-land”).
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2026/05/13 20:57 UTC 版)
From 中期英語 aungel, angel, from 古期英語 anġel, either a modification of enġel after its etymon Latin angelus (through the intermediate of Proto-West Germanic *angil) or a reborrowing from the Latin, which is in turn from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger”); later reinforced by Anglo-Norman angele, angel, from the same Latin source. The religious sense of the Greek word first appeared in the Septuagint as a translation of the Hebrew word מַלְאָךְ (malʾāḵ, “messenger”) or מַלְאָךְ יהוה (malʾāḵ YHWH, “messenger of YHWH”). Doublet of Angelus.
Use of the term in some churches to refer to a church official derives from interpreting the "angels" of the Seven churches of Asia in Revelation as being bishops or ministers rather than angelic beings.
angel (third-person singular simple present angels, present participle (US) angeling or (UK) angelling, simple past and past participle (US) angeled or (UK) angelled)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | angel | anglas |
| accusative | angel | anglas |
| genitive | angles | angla |
| dative | angle | anglum |
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