'anguliferous' originates from Latin, specifically the elements 'angul-' (from 'angulus', 'angle') and the suffix '-ferous' (from Latin '-fer', 'bearing').

'Anguliferous' was formed in scholarly/Neo-Latin contexts from 'angulifer' ('angle-bearing') + English adjective-forming ending, and eventually became the modern English word 'anguliferous'.

Initially, it meant 'bearing an angle or angles', and this technical sense has remained largely the same in modern usage.