Old Portuguese

Alternative forms

• ango (likely a misspelling)

Noun

angeo m

1. angel
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 294 (facsimile):

     Como hũa moller q̇ iogaua os dados en pulla lançou hũa pedra aa omagen de ſ[ant]a mari[a] por q̇ perdera ⁊ parou un angeo de pedra que y eſtava a mão ⁊ reçibiu o colpe.

     How a woman who was playing dice in Apulia threw a stone at the statue of Holy Mary because she had lost, and an angel of stone which was there reached out its hand and received the blow.

Related terms

• archangeo

Descendants

• Galician: anxo
• Mirandese: anjo
• Portuguese: anjo
  • Kabuverdianu: ánju
  • Kadiwéu: aanjo