Where does “alarm” come from?
alarm (Serbo-Croatian) comes from French alarme, from Italian all'arme, from Latin arma, from Late Latin armistitium, from Latin sistere, from Proto-Indo-European stísteh₂ti, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- — to stand.
alarm (Serbo-Croatian): alarm
Ancestry of “alarm”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | alarme | alarm |
| 2 | Italian | all'arme | |
| 3 | Latin | arma | defensive arms, armor/armour, shields, weapons of... |
| 4 | Late Latin | armistitium | — |
| 5 | Latin | sistere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | stísteh₂ti | to be standing up, to be getting up |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |