English
armiger
Armiger comes from Latin armiger ‘carrying weapons or armour or having coat of…’, and goes back to 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’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEarmiger‘carrying weapons or armour or having coat of arms’
- Englishtodaysame form
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’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEarmiger‘carrying weapons or armour or having coat of arms’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- ‘to fit, to fix, to put together, to slot’
reason, ready, order, rate, art, article, artist, ratio, ordinary, arm, coordination, coordinate, alarm, harmony, subordinate, arthritis, ordination, articulate, anarchy, ornament, arithmetic, ornate, aristocratic, artisan, adorn, inertia, harmonic, articulation, ordinate, inert, harmonious, ordinator, ordinal, rta, rime, ordain, artifice, ordo, harmonize, archon, 75 more
through Latin arma ‘arms’
army, armor, armistice, armada, armament, armadillo, armature, 8 more
Today it means
noun An esquire, originally carrying the armour of a knight; (hence, later) a man of the gentry ranking below a knight.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- / armiger