Where does “desarmament” come from?
desarmament (Catalan) comes from Catalan desarmar, from Catalan armar, from Medieval Latin armata, from Latin armō, from Latin arma, from Late Latin armistitium, from Latin sistere, from Proto-Indo-European stísteh₂ti — to stand.
desarmament (Catalan): disarmament
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Ancestry of “desarmament”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | desarmar | to disarm |
| 2 | Catalan | armar | to arm |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | armata | armed force; inflection of armātus: ##... |
| 4 | Latin | armō | to furnish with weapons, arm, equip; fit out; mobilize |
| 5 | Latin | arma | defensive arms, armor/armour, shields, weapons of... |
| 6 | Late Latin | armistitium | — |
| 7 | Latin | sistere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | stísteh₂ti | to be standing up, to be getting up |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |