arco

Spanish

noun
Definitions
  • bow a weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows
  • (music) bow a rod with horsehair (or an artificial substitute) stretched between the ends, used for playing various stringed musical instruments
  • (geometry) arc
  • (architecture) arch
  • (sports) goal structure

Etymology

Inherited from Latin arcus (bow, arc, arch, a bow, curve) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷo- (arrow, bow).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*h₂erkʷo-

Gloss

arrow, bow

Concept
Semantic Field

Warfare and hunting

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

矢

Emoji
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