Where does “armé” come from?
armé (French) comes from Middle French arme, from Old French armé, from Latin armātus, from Latin armō, from Latin arma, from Late Latin armistitium, from Latin sistere, from Proto-Indo-European stísteh₂ti — to stand.
armé (French): armed; past participle of armer
Definitions
- armed; past participle of armer
Ancestry of “armé”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | arme | arm; weapon |
| 2 | Old French | armé | weapon |
| 3 | Latin | armātus | armed |
| 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 |