arms
Pronunciation: /ɑɹmz/
The English word “arms” has 2 meanings listed here.
noun
- Weaponry, weapons.
- A visual design composed according to heraldic rules, normally displayed upon an escutcheon and sometimes accompanied by other elements of an achievement
Etymology
From Middle English armes, from Old French armes, from Latin arma (“weapons”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-mo-, a suffixed form of *h₂er- (“to fit together”), hence ultimately cognate with etymology 2.
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