arms

arms · noun, verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₂er-mo-
2. Old French · derived fromarmes
3. Middle English · inherited fromarmes
4. English todayarms

From Middle English armes, from Old French armes, from Latin arma (“weapons”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-mo-, a suffixed form of *h₂er- (“to fit together”), hence ultimately cognate with etymology 2.

arms · noun²

See arm.

Words from the same roots