Where does “arma” come from?
arma (Romanian) comes from French armer, from Old French armer, from Latin armō, from Latin arma, from Late Latin armistitium, from Latin sistere, from Proto-Indo-European stísteh₂ti, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- — to stand.
arma (Romanian): to prepare a weapon for firing; to arm, equip; to...
Definitions
- to prepare a weapon for firing; to arm, equip; to...
Ancestry of “arma”, step by step
arma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French armer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | armer | to arm; to dub |
| 2 | Old French | armer | to arm |
| 3 | Latin | armō | to furnish with weapons, arm, equip; fit out; mobilize |
| 4 | Latin | arma | defensive arms, armor/armour, shields, weapons of... |
| 5 | Late Latin | armistitium | — |
| 6 | Latin | sistere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | stísteh₂ti | to be standing up, to be getting up |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |