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aro

Pronunciation: [ˈa.roː]

“aro” is a Latin word. Its 2 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to plough, till; to cultivate land, farm; to acquire by tillage
  2. to draw furrows over the body, wrinkle

In Latin

  1. Terram aratro scindere seminandi causa
  2. (Latiori sensu) tractare agrum i. e. conserere, arare, stercorare et similia tamquam species complecti
  3. navigare (arare aquas)

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *araō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éryeti, ye-present of the root *h₂erh₃- (“to plough”). The lost laryngeal appears to have been reintroduced due to influence from the widespread noun *h₂érh₃trom (“plough”, whence Latin arātrum) as with Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρόω (ăróō, “to plough”). Cognates include Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρόω (ăróō), Lithuanian arti, Old Church Slavonic орати (orati), Old…

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