Where does “alarma” come from?
alarma (Cebuano) comes from Spanish alarma, from Italian allarme, from French alarme, from Italian all'arme, from Latin arma, from Late Latin armistitium, from Latin sistere, from Proto-Indo-European stísteh₂ti — to stand.
alarma (Cebuano): an alarm; to alarm
Ancestry of “alarma”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | alarma | alarm |
| 2 | Italian | allarme | alarm; alert |
| 3 | French | alarme | alarm |
| 4 | Italian | all'arme | |
| 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 |
Words derived from “alarma”