English
armarium
Armarium comes from Latin armārium ‘a cupboard, closet, chest, especially one in…’, from arma ‘weapons, tools’, 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‘weapons, tools’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEarmārium‘a cupboard, closet, chest, especially one in the sacristy of a church where vestments are…’
- Englishearliest quotation 1870armarium
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‘weapons, tools’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEarmārium‘a cupboard, closet, chest, especially one in the sacristy of a church where vestments are…’
- Englishearliest quotation 1870armarium
Earliest quotation: 1870, William Smith, A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities: “The armarium was generally placed in the atrium of…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- ‘to fit, to fix, to put together, to slot’
order, reason, ready, rate, art, article, artist, ratio, ordinary, arm, coordination, coordinate, alarm, harmony, subordinate, ordination, articulate, anarchy, ornament, arthritis, ornate, inertia, inert, arithmetic, artisan, adorn, harmonic, aristocratic, articulation, ordinate, harmonious, ordinator, ordinal, rta, ordain, artifice, ordo, harmonize, archon, rime, 75 more
through Latin arma ‘weapons, tools’
army, armor, armistice, armament, armada, armadillo, armature, 8 more
Today it means
noun Synonym of ambry (“cupboard or storage area”).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- / armarium