Etymology

armure

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Today it means: A fabric woven with a raised pattern similar to chain mail. Full definition →

French armure ← Middle French armure ← Old French armeure
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  1. Latin · derived fromarmātūra
  2. Old French · derived fromarmeure
  3. Middle French · derived fromarmure
  4. French · borrowed fromarmure
  5. English todayarmure

From French armure, from Middle French armure, from Old French armeure, from Latin armātūra. Doublet of armature and armor.

Words from the same roots

Latinarmātūra all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.