English
armed
Armed comes from English arm ‘to equip with a weapon’.
- English1500–presentarm‘to equip with a weapon’
- Englishearliest quotation 1722armed
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- English1500–presentarm‘to equip with a weapon’
- Englishearliest quotation 1722armed
Earliest quotation: 1722, Daniel Defoe: “a distemper eminently armed from heaven”.
A compound of arm ‘to equip with a weapon’ + -ed
Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- ‘to join’
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Proto-Germanic *armaz
Proto-West Germanic *arm
Old English earm
Middle English arm
English arm
Every English word from English arm
Today it means
adj Equipped, especially with a weapon.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / English arm / armed