Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
To equip something with armor or a protective coating or hardening. · To provide something with an analogous form of protection.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces. · A natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body. · A metal plate, protecting a ship, military vehicle, or aircraft. · A tank, or other heavy mobile assault vehicle.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- Proto-Indo-European *-mós Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmos Proto-Italic *armosder. Latin arma Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin armō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin armātūra Old French armeure Anglo-Norman armurebor. Middle English armure English armor From Middle English armure, armour, armor, armeure, borrowed from Anglo-Norman armure and Old French armeüre, from Latin armātūra. Doublet of armature and armure. By surface analysis, arm (“to cover or furnish”) + -or (suffix forming agent nouns or nouns of quality, state, or condition).
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