Etymology

armor

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Today it means: A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces. Full definition →

Middle English armure ← Anglo-Norman armure ← Old French armeure
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂(e)rmos
  3. Proto-Italic*armos
  4. Latinarma
  5. Latinarmō
  6. Latinarmātūra
  7. Old Frencharmeure
  8. Anglo-Normanarmure
  9. Middle Englisharmure
  10. English todayarmor

From Middle English armure, armour, armor, armeure, borrowed from Anglo-Norman armure and Old French armeüre, from Latin armātūra. Doublet of armature and armure. By surface analysis, arm (“to cover or furnish”) + -or (suffix forming agent nouns or nouns of quality, state, or condition).

Words from the same roots

Latinarmātūra all →

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