Etymology

arnis

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Today it means: Traditional Philippine stickfighting, a martial art. Full definition →

Tagalog arnis ← Spanish arnés
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The story

  1. Spanish · derived fromarnés
  2. Tagalog · borrowed fromarnis
  3. English todayarnis

From Tagalog arnis, from Spanish arnés in the archaic sense of “a chivalric set of weapons or armor” (compare English harness).

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