Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA large box with a flat lid. · The ship built by Noah to save his family and a collection of animals from the deluge; Noah's ark. · Something affording protection; safety, shelter, refuge. · The body as a vessel.
From Middle English arke, from Old English earc, ærc, from Latin arca (“chest, box, coffer”), from arceō (“to enclose”).
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