Where does “armbrace” come from?
armbrace (English) comes from English brace, from Middle English brace, from Old French brace, from Latin bracchia, from Latin bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων, from Ancient Greek βραχύς, from Proto-Indo-European mréǵʰus — short.
armbrace (English): Any of several forms of harness that support an...
Definitions
- Any of several forms of harness that support an...
Ancestry of “armbrace”, step by step
armbrace traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English brace
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | brace | Armor for the arm; vambrace; A measurement of... |
| 2 | Middle English | brace | Vambrace; armour which protects the arm; A cord... |
| 3 | Old French | brace | arm |
| 4 | Latin | bracchia | nominative plural of bracchium; accusative plural... |
| 5 | Latin | bracchium | forearm; arm; limb of an animal |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | βραχίων | the arm, the shoulder; comparative degree of... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | βραχύς | short, brief; short, small, little; few |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mréǵʰus | short; brief |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | mreǵʰ- | short |
via English Arm
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Arm | Abbreviation of Armenian |
| 2 | Middle English | arm | arm; poor; miserable, wretched |
| 3 | Old English | earm | arm; poor, miserable |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | arm | arm; poor, miserable; pitiful, pitiable |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | armaz | arm; poor, miserable; pitiful, pitiable |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ermos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |