12th cent. Borrowed from Late Latin angellus 'id.,' from Latin angelus "angel," "messenger." (Cf. Basque aingeru "angel," borrowed from Latin by the 5th cent.) Borrowed from Greek ἄνγελος (ángelos) 'id.,' from earlier ἄγγελος (ággelos) 'id.' Mycenaean a-ke-ro. A loan from a non-Indo-European language.

Also the origin of the surname, name and toponym Ángel, Ángela, and Los Ángeles.