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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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1996
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angel XII. — OF.
angele — ecclL.
angelus — Gr.
ággelos messenger. Superseded OE.
enġel (which survived till XIII) = OS., OHG.
engil (Du., G.
engel), ON.
engill, Goth.
aggilus; one of the earliest Gmc. adoptions from L. (Goth. poss. immed. — Gr.).
So
angelic XV. Hence
angelical XV.
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