Etymology

armored

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Today it means: Clad or equipped with arms or armor. Full definition →

English armor ← Middle English armure ← Anglo-Norman armure
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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. Englisharmor
  11. English todayarmored

From armor + -ed.

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