Where does “armatură” come from?
armatură (Romanian) comes from French armature, from Middle French armature, from Latin armatura, from Latin armō, from Latin arma, from Late Latin armistitium, from Latin sistere, from Proto-Indo-European stísteh₂ti — to stand.
armatură (Romanian): armature
Definitions
- armature
Ancestry of “armatură”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | armature | framework |
| 2 | Middle French | armature | — |
| 3 | Latin | armatura | armor, equipment of soldiers |
| 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 |