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arma

Pronunciation: [ˈar.ma]

“arma” is a Latin word. Its 10 meanings in English:

noun

  1. arms, weapons of war, weaponry, instruments (implements of warfare)
  2. defensive arms: armour, shields (etc.)
  3. close-quarter weapons (offensive or defensive)
  4. missile weapons
  5. military action, war (arms as instruments of policy)
  6. warfare, battle (military exploits)
  7. troops, military forces, the army
  8. weapons as means of defence
  9. tools, equipment
  10. a piece of weaponry

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmos (“fitting”), from the root *h₂er- (“to join”). armentum is an independent derivation from the same root, as if from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-mn̥-tom. Cognates include Sanskrit ऋत (ṛtá, “order; right; agreement etc.”) and अरम् (áram, “fitting”), Ancient Greek ἀραρίσκω (ararískō, “to fit together”) and Old Armenian արարի (arari, “I made”). Semantic development…

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