Etymograph

English

gonangulum

Gonangulum comes from Latin angulus ‘angle’, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂engulos ‘joint?’, and ultimately from *h₂eng- ‘bend, curve’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eng-1‘bend, curve’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂engulos1‘joint?’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*angulos1reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEangulus2‘angle’
  5. Englishtodaygonangulum2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin angulus
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English gonangulum

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eng-Wiktionary, Latin angulus‘bend, curve’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂engulosWiktionary, Latin angulus‘joint?’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*angulosWiktionary, Latin angulusreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEangulusWiktionary, English gonangulum‘angle’
  5. EnglishtodaygonangulumWiktionary, English gonangulum

Formed from gon- + angulus ‘angle’

Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’

Proto-Indo-European *ǵónh₁os ‘birth’

Ancient Greek γόνος ‘genitals’

English gon-

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂eng- ‘bend, curve’

ankle, 8 more

through Latin angulus ‘angle’

angle, angular, triangulation, 4 more

Today it means

noun A sclerite, formed from the ninth abdominal segment of some insects, that forms part of the ovipositor

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “gonangulum”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin angulus. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂eng- / gonangulum

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