Talk:Zwei/@comment-28132643-20150225004413/@comment-74.138.28.241-20151117181842

"Angel" actually indirectly comes from the Greek "άγγελος" (angelos, hard 'g') which is the historic word for "messenger". In the New Testament, it is used in the phrase  " άγγελος κυρίου" (angelos k[y|u]riou, 'ou' like 'oo'), literally "messenger of the Lord", which is sometimes tanslated as "messenger of God" or "angel of God". Since Latin was the language of the Catholic Church, Latin adopted "angelus" (hard or soft 'g') into its vocabulary from the Greek New Testament context. The word "angel" (soft 'g') in English comes from the Latin "angelus" via the Catholic Church, thusly maintaining the New Testament context.