Etymograph

English

evangile

Evangile comes from French évangile ‘gospel’, from Ecclesiastical Latin evangelium ‘good news’, and ultimately from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος ‘messenger’.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἄγγελος‘messenger’
  2. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀγγέλλω‘to deliver’
  3. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEεὐάγγελοςeuángelos‘bringing good news’
  4. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEεὐαγγέλιον‘good news’
  5. Ecclesiastical Latinc. 200–1500evangelium‘good news’
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400evangile
  7. Frenchc. 1600–presentévangile‘gospel’
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1829evangile

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἄγγελος‘messenger’
  2. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀγγέλλω‘to deliver’
  3. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEεὐάγγελοςeuángelos‘bringing good news’
  4. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEεὐαγγέλιον‘good news’
  5. Ecclesiastical Latinc. 200–1500evangelium‘good news’
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400evangile
  7. Frenchc. 1600–presentévangile‘gospel’
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1829evangile

Earliest quotation: 1829, Walter Savage Landor, Maurocordato and Colocotroni: “Above all, the Servians […] read, with much avidity,…”

Linked words

through Ancient Greek ἄγγελος ‘messenger’

angelic, archangel, angelique, 7 more

Today it means

noun good tidings, or evangel.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Ancient Greek ἄγγελος / evangile

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