arcanus
Latin
adj
Definitions
- hidden, secret, private, mysterious
- intimate, personal, confidential
- trustworthy (to keep a secret)
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erk- (guard, protect, hold, shut in), *h₂erk- (guard, protect, hold, shut in).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂erk-
Gloss
guard, protect, hold, shut in
Concept
Semantic Field
Warfare and hunting
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
💂 💂♀️ 💂♂️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- coerce English
- coercion English
- Orcus Latin
- arca Latin
- arcarius Latin
- arcella Latin
- arcera Latin
- arcula Latin
- arcus Latin
- arcānus Latin
- arx Latin
- coerceo Latin
- exerceo Latin
- exercitium Latin
- exercitāre Latin
- exercitātiōnem Latin
- porceo Latin
- arkan German
- arca Italian
- ποδάρκης Ancient Greek
- ἀρκέω Ancient Greek
- *h₂(e)rk-, *h₂erk- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂erk- Proto-Indo-European
- *arkō Proto-Germanic
- ærc Old English
- ǫrk Old Norse
- arche Old French
- arquire Old French
- արգել Armenian
- ارگ Persian
- αρκετά Greek (modern)
- επάρκεια Greek (modern)
- επαρκής Greek (modern)
- επαρκώ Greek (modern)
- επαρκώς Greek (modern)
- arch Welsh
- արգել Old Armenian
- արգելան Old Armenian
- արգելանիմ Old Armenian
- արգելոց Old Armenian
- áirc, árc Old Irish
- arkë Albanian
- 𐌰𐍂𐌺𐌰 Gothic
- ark Old Swedish
- *arkeō Proto-Italic
- *pe-arkō, *pearkō Proto-Italic
- arca Old Spanish
- *ᚨᚱᚲᚢ Proto-Norse