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armamentarium
Armamentarium comes from Latin armāmentārium ‘arsenal’, from armāmentum ‘tools, equipment, rigging’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- ‘to fit, to fix, to put together, to slot’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂er-‘to fit, to fix, to put together, to slot’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂(e)rmosreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*armosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEarma‘arms, weapons’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEarmō‘to furnish with weapons, arm, equip’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEarmāmentumas armāmenta‘tools, equipment, rigging’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEarmāmentārium‘arsenal’
- Englishearliest quotation 1976armamentarium
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂er-‘to fit, to fix, to put together, to slot’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂(e)rmosreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*armosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEarma‘arms, weapons’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEarmō‘to furnish with weapons, arm, equip’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEarmāmentumas armāmenta‘tools, equipment, rigging’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEarmāmentārium‘arsenal’
- Englishearliest quotation 1976armamentarium
Earliest quotation: 1976, F. Dudley Hart, History of the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis: “Pendants round the neck, bangles round the wrists or…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- ‘to fit, to fix, to put together, to slot’
order, reason, ready, rate, art, article, artist, ratio, arm, ordinary, alarm, coordination, harmony, coordinate, subordinate, articulate, ordination, anarchy, arthritis, ornate, inertia, artisan, inert, harmonic, arithmetic, aristocratic, adorn, articulation, ordinate, harmonious, ordinator, ornament, ordinal, ordain, rta, artifice, harmonize, ordo, archon, rime, 76 more
through Latin arma ‘arms, weapons’
through Latin armō ‘to furnish with weapons, arm, equip’
Today it means
noun All of the equipment available for carrying out a task, especially all the equipment used by a physician in the practice of medicine.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- / armamentarium