English word origin

Etymology of ar-

Extracted from the word aromatic.

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗

prefix

Forming classification names for classes of organic compounds that contain a carbon skeleton and one or more aromatic rings.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Extracted from the word aromatic.

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Source etymology 2

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prefix

Used to form the names of inverse hyperbolic functions, and the symbols for these functions.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Shortened from area (because the function describes the area under a hyperbola), by analogy with arc-, the corresponding prefix for the circular trigonometric functions.

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Source etymology 3

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prefix

Alternative form of ad- (“to, toward”).

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Assimilated form of ad- before r. From Latin ad-.

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Derivation mentionad-la

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