archer
English
/ˈɑː(ɹ).tʃə(ɹ)/, /ˈɑɹtʃɚ/
noun
Definitions
- One who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow.
- (historical) The bishop in chess.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English archer derived from Old French archier derived from Latin arcārius, arcus (bow, arc, arch, a bow, curve).
Origin
Latin
arcus
Gloss
bow, arc, arch, a bow, curve
Concept
Semantic Field
Warfare and hunting
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- arc- English
- archeress English
- archerfish English
- archership English
- archery English
- arciform English
- arculus English
- arcus English
- fish English
- gonarcus English
- *arcio Latin
- arca Latin
- arcionem, *arcio Latin
- arcuarius Latin
- arcuatus Latin
- arcuballista Latin
- arcuo Latin
- arcus Latin
- arcārius Latin
- arcata Italian
- archivolto Italian
- arciere Italian
- arco Italian
- arbalète French
- аркко́синус Russian
- арккосеканс Russian
- арккосинус Russian
- арккота́нгенс Russian
- арксеканс Russian
- аркси́нус Russian
- аркта́нгенс Russian
- арктангенс Russian
- arco Spanish, Castilian
- arquero Spanish, Castilian
- *h₂erkʷo- Proto-Indo-European
- アーチェリー Japanese
- arkusz Polish
- archer Middle English
- archerie Middle English
- ark Danish
- arc Old French
- arche Old French
- archier Old French
- arko Esperanto
- örk Icelandic
- arc Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- arcar Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- arka Latvian
- ärkēr (in rhyme with mēr), ärker or ærker (in rhyme with der) Middle High German
- hark Albanian
- archier Middle French
- arco Old Portuguese
- arqueiro Old Portuguese
- ark Middle Low German
- arcu Aromanian
- arcu Asturian
- arqueru Asturian
- arc Friulian
- arc Old Occitan
- arquier Old Occitan
- arcu Sicilian
- arconbè Venetian