Etymograph

English

ambry

Ambry comes from Middle English almerie ‘ambry (pantry)’, from Latin armārium ‘a cupboard, closet, chest, especially one in…’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- ‘to fit, to fix, to put together, to slot’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂er-‘to fit, to fix, to put together, to slot’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂(e)rmosreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*armosreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEarma‘weapons, tools’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEarmārium‘a cupboard, closet, chest, especially one in the sacristy of a church where vestments are…’
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400almarie
  7. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400same form
  8. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500almerie‘ambry (pantry)’
  9. Englishearliest quotation 1485ambry

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂er-‘to fit, to fix, to put together, to slot’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂(e)rmosreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*armosreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEarma‘weapons, tools’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEarmārium‘a cupboard, closet, chest, especially one in the sacristy of a church where vestments are…’
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400almarie
  7. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400same form
  8. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500almerie‘ambry (pantry)’
  9. Englishearliest quotation 1485ambry

Earliest quotation: 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, xxiij: “Whanne Bors had told hym of the aduentures of…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- ‘to fit, to fix, to put together, to slot’

order, reason, art, ready, rate, article, artist, arm, ratio, alarm, ordinary, harmony, coordination, coordinate, arthritis, articulate, anarchy, subordinate, ordination, arithmetic, harmonic, artisan, aristocratic, ornate, inertia, harmonious, ornament, articulation, inert, adorn, ordinate, ordinator, harmonize, ordinal, rta, artifice, archon, rime, ordain, ordo, 75 more

through Latin arma ‘weapons, tools’

army, armor, armistice, armada, armament, armadillo, armature, 8 more

Today it means

noun A bookcase; a library or archive.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- / ambry

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