Where does “arsoun” come from?

arsoun (Middle English) comes from Old French arçon, from Vulgar Latin arcio, from Latin arcus, from Latin solium, from Proto-Indo-European sodyom, from Proto-Indo-European sḗd- — to sit.

arsoun (Middle English): saddlebow

Definitions

  1. saddlebow

Ancestry of “arsoun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frencharçonsaddle
2Vulgar Latinarciosaddlebow
3Latinarcusarc, arch; bow; rainbow
4Latinsoliumseat, chair; throne, chair of state, official...
5Proto-Indo-Europeansodyom—
6Proto-Indo-Europeansḗd-to sit

Words derived from “arsoun”

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