The story
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂erkʷ-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂erkʷos
- Proto-Italic*arkuos
- Latinarcus
- Italianarcata
- Frencharcade
- English todayarcade
Unadapted borrowing from French arcade, from Italian arcata (“the arch of a bridge”), from Latin arcus (“an arc”). Not etymologically related to Arcadia.
Words from the same roots
Latinarcus all →
arcarcharcherarsonarcusarbalestarblastarc-archivoltarciformarcographarcosoliumarculusgonarcus
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.