arson
English
/ˈɑɹsən/, /ˈɑːsən/
noun
Definitions
- The crime of deliberately starting a fire with intent to cause damage.
Etymology
Derived from Old French arson (burning, fire) derived from Latin ardeō (burn) root from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- (burn, ashes, hearth, glow, be become dry, be dry).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂eHs-
Gloss
burn, ashes, hearth, glow, be become dry, be dry
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antiarson English
- aridity English
- arsonism English
- arsonist English
- arsonite English
- arsonphobia English
- arsonry English
- constellationally English
- ara Latin
- ardens Latin
- ardentem Latin
- ardeo Latin
- ardeō Latin
- ardor Latin
- aridus Latin
- arsio Latin
- assus Latin
- cōnstēllātiō Latin
- ārdeō Latin
- ārentem Latin
- āridus Latin
- arido Italian
- aridocoltura Italian
- inaridire Italian
- inaridirsi Italian
- ἀζαλέος Ancient Greek
- ᾰ̓́στρον Ancient Greek
- *as-d- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eHs- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eHsh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂stḗr Proto-Indo-European
- *askǭ Proto-Germanic
- axe Old English
- axen Middle English
- arinn Old Norse
- arson Old French
- arsun Old French
- ardei Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- essa Old High German
- arsion Norman
- *kaski Proto-Finnic
- *HáHsas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *āzēō Proto-Italic
- *ās- Proto-Tocharian
- *āstäre Proto-Tocharian