Where does “arçon” come from?

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

arçon (Old French): saddle

Definitions

  1. saddle

Ancestry of “arçon”, step by step

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

Words derived from “arçon

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḗd-