Etymograph

English

subangulate

Subangulate comes from New Latin subangulātus.

  1. New Latinmodernsubangulātus1
  2. Englishtodaysubangulate1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English subangulate

Lineage

  1. New LatinmodernsubangulātusWiktionary, English subangulate
  2. EnglishtodaysubangulateWiktionary, English subangulate

Equivalent to sub- + angulate

Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

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

Proto-Indo-European *h₂engulos ‘joint?’

Proto-Italic *angulos

Classical Latin angulus ‘angle’

Classical Latin angulātus ‘angular’

English angulate

Every English word from New Latin subangulātus

Today it means

adj Almost or slightly angulate; having a suggestion of corners or angles.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “subangulate”. 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 / New Latin subangulātus / subangulate

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