English
armamentary
Armamentary comes from Latin armamentarium ‘arsenal’, from armamentum ‘equipment, implement, utensil’, 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 CEarmamentum‘equipment, implement, utensil’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEarmamentarium‘arsenal’
- Englishtodayarmamentary
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 CEarmamentum‘equipment, implement, utensil’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEarmamentarium‘arsenal’
- Englishtodayarmamentary
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, coordinate, harmony, arthritis, subordinate, ordination, articulate, anarchy, ornate, inertia, arithmetic, aristocratic, artisan, inert, harmonic, adorn, articulation, ordinate, harmonious, ordinator, ornament, ordinal, ordain, rta, artifice, ordo, harmonize, archon, rime, 76 more
through Latin arma ‘arms, weapons’
through Latin armō ‘to furnish with weapons, arm, equip’
Today it means
noun An armory or arsenal (place to store weapons)
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- / armamentary