Source etymology 1 · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗To move swiftly and directly (like an arrow). · To let fly swiftly and directly. · To develop an inflorescence. · To navigate using the arrow keys.
From Middle English arwe, from Old English earh (“arrow”) (oblique form ēarw-), from Proto-West Germanic *arhu (“arrow”), from Proto-Germanic *arhwō (“arrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂érkʷo- (“bow, arrow”). Cognate with Faroese ørv, ørvur (“arrow”), Icelandic ör (“arrow”), örvar (“arrows”), Gothic 𐌰𐍂𐍈𐌰𐌶𐌽𐌰 (arƕazna, “dart”), Asturian and Leonese arcu (“bow”), Aragonese, Galician, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish arco (“bow”), Catalan, French, and Romanian arc (“bow”), Latin arcus (“bow”). Doublet of arch, arc, arco, and arcus.
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- Inherited-form mentionarweenm
- Inherited-form mentionearhang
- Inherited-form mention*arhugmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*arhwōgem-pro
- Derivation mention*h₂érkʷo-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionørvfo
- Cognate mentionöris
- Cognate mention𐌰𐍂𐍈𐌰𐌶𐌽𐌰got
- Cognate mentionarcuroa-leo
- Cognate mentionarcoes
- Cognate mentionarcro
- Cognate mentionarcusla
- Doublet mentionarchen
- Doublet mentionarcen
- Doublet mentionarcoen
- Doublet mentionarcusen
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