Etymology

two-armed

Today it means: having exactly two arms Full definition →

English armed ← Middle English arm ← Old English earm
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Germanic*twai
  3. Proto-West Germanic*twai-
  4. Old Englishtwēġen
  5. Old Englishtwā
  6. Middle Englishtwo
  7. Englishtwo
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂érmos
  10. Proto-Germanic*armaz
  11. Proto-West Germanic*arm
  12. Old Englishearm
  13. Middle Englisharm
  14. Englisharm
  15. Englisharmed
  16. English todaytwo-armed

From two + armed.

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