Etymology

armed

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Today it means: Equipped, especially with a weapon. Full definition →

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armed · adjective, verb1

From arm (“to equip with a weapon”) + -ed.

armed · adjective2

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂érmos
  3. Proto-Germanic*armaz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*arm
  5. Old Englishearm
  6. Middle Englisharm
  7. Englisharm
  8. English todayarmed

From arm (“the upper limb of the body”) + -ed.

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