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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread angle #83551 10/14/02 08:03 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh OP Carpal Tunnel OP wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 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). Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted angle wwh 10/14/02 08:03 PM Re: angle Wordwind 10/14/02 09:41 PM Re: angle Faldage 10/15/02 10:36 AM Re: angle wwh 10/15/02 01:07 PM Re: angle wwh 10/15/02 02:40 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts229,995 Members9,198 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 820 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 15 LukeJavan8 6 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,957 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,956 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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