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It occurred to me to wonder how "angle" came to mean to fish. It seems to have been based on word for "hook". angle (v.) - "to fish," 1496, from O.E. angel (n.), related to anga "hook," from I.E. *ank- "to bend." Figurative sense is recorded from 1589. angle (n.) - "intersecting lines," c.1380, from L. angulus "corner," cognate with from Gk. ankylos "bent, crooked" (see ankle).
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I suppose the bent or angled fish leading to the angler sounded better than calling the angler a hooker, huh?
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AHD confirms and notes that both are from PIE ank-. Interesting that one is through Greek, Latin and Old French, not coming into English until Middle English and the other has been with us since before the beginning.
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Dear Faldage: The modern fish-hook is a marvel of metal working, that cannot be very old I wonder what primitive fish-hooks were like.
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Hey, Faldage, look at what I found when I finally used right search words: http://www.mustad.no/history/hook_history.htmlThese hooks could have been taken by the very big fish that would have been plentiful in ancient times.
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