Where does “arbor” come from?
Arbor comes from Old French arbre, from Latin arbor, which derives from Latin herba and Proto-Indo-European gʰreH₁- with the suffix -wós.
arbor (English): A shady sitting place or pergola usually in a...
Definitions
- A shady sitting place or pergola usually in a...
Ancestry of “arbor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | arbre | tree; axle; drive shaft |
| 2 | Old French | arbre | tree |
| 3 | Latin | arbor | a tree; something made from a tree, of wood; the... |
| 4 | Latin | arbos | Alternative form of arbor |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃erdʰ- | to increase, grow; upright, high |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -wós | Creates adjectives from verb stems |
Words derived from “arbor”