rectangle
‘a four-sided figure, of which all the angles are right angles’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
F. rectangle < Lat. rectus ‘right’ + O.F. angle ‘an angle, a corner’ < Lat. angulus ‘an angle, a corner’ < ang < ang-/ank- < Tamil aṅku
Technical words derived from 'rectangle'
rectangular region - செவ்வகப் பகுதி; outer rectangle - வெளி செவ்வகம்; inner rectangle - உட்செவ்வகம்; closed rectangle - மூடிய செவ்வகம்; draw rectangle - செவ்வகம் வரைதல்
English words derived from Tamil aṅku connotating 'bend'
