English
armature
Armature comes from Latin armātūra ‘armour’, from armō ‘furnish with weapons’, 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
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEarmō‘furnish with weapons’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEarmātūra‘armour’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600armature
- Englishearliest quotation 1940armature
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
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
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEarmō‘furnish with weapons’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEarmātūra‘armour’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600armature
- Englishearliest quotation 1940armature
Earliest quotation: 1940, Waldo David Frank, Chart for Rough Water: Our Role in a New World: “T. S. Eliot had his legion of followers: the…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- ‘to fit, to fix, to put together, to slot’
order, reason, ready, art, article, rate, artist, ordinary, arm, ratio, alarm, coordination, harmony, coordinate, arthritis, anarchy, ornament, subordinate, ordination, arithmetic, articulate, inertia, inert, artisan, adorn, ornate, harmonic, aristocratic, harmonious, articulation, ordinate, ordinal, rta, ordinator, rime, ordain, artifice, ordo, harmonize, archon, 76 more
through Latin arma
through Latin armō ‘furnish with weapons’
army, armament, armada, armadillo, 3 more
through Latin armātūra ‘armour’
Today it means
noun A detachment of soldiers; soldiers collectively.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- / armature