Where does “armoured combat” come from?
armoured combat (English) comes from English combat, from Old French combatre, from Vulgar Latin combattere, from Latin com-, from Latin con-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
Ancestry of “armoured combat”, step by step
armoured combat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English combat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | combat | A battle, a fight; a struggle for victory; To... |
| 2 | Old French | combatre | to combat; to engage in battle or warfare |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | combattere | present active infinitive of *combattō |
| 4 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 5 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 6 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 7 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 13 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English armour
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | armour | A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other... |
| 2 | Middle English | armor | Alternative form of armure |
| 3 | Middle English | armure | weaponry, the tools of warfare; armour,... |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | armure | armor |
| 5 | Latin | armatura | armor, equipment of soldiers |
| 6 | Latin | armō | to furnish with weapons, arm, equip; fit out; mobilize |
| 7 | Latin | arma | defensive arms, armor/armour, shields, weapons of... |
| 8 | Late Latin | armistitium | — |
| 9 | Latin | sistere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | stísteh₂ti | to be standing up, to be getting up |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |