Angulate
/ˈæŋɡjʊlət/noun
Having an angle or angles; shaped like a corner or bend.
Did you know?Angulate ultimately traces back to the same ancient Indo-European root that gave English words like elbow and angle, all circling the primal idea of a bend or crooked turn.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h₂enk-
“to bend, curve, or hook”
Latin
Latin
angulus
“a corner, angle, or nook”
Late Latin
Latin
angulatus
“made angular; having corners”
Old French
Old French
anguler
“to make angular or cornered”
16th Century
English
angulate
“having angles; formed into angles”
Modern English
English
angulate
“having one or more angles or corners”