arc
French
noun
Definitions
- bow weapon
- arc curve
- (geometry) arc, circular arc, circle segment
- (architecture) arch
Etymology
Inherited from Old French arc inherited from Latin arcus (bow, arc, arch, a bow, curve) inherited 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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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- arc- English
- arciform English
- arculus English
- arcus 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
- arco Italian
- arbalète French
- archet French
- archetier French
- archèterie French
- arquer French
- аркко́синус Russian
- арккосеканс Russian
- арккосинус Russian
- арккота́нгенс Russian
- арксеканс Russian
- аркси́нус Russian
- аркта́нгенс Russian
- арктангенс Russian
- arco Spanish, Castilian
- *bʰerǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂erkʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂erkʷo- Proto-Indo-European
- arkusz Polish
- ark Middle English
- ark Danish
- arc Old French
- arche Old French
- archier Old French
- arko Esperanto
- örk Icelandic
- Alcobre Galician
- arc Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- آرشه Persian
- arka Latvian
- ärkēr (in rhyme with mēr), ärker or ærker (in rhyme with der) Middle High German
- hark Albanian
- arco Old Portuguese
- ark Middle Low German
- arcu Aromanian
- arcu Asturian
- arc Friulian
- arc Old Occitan
- arcu Sicilian
- arconbè Venetian