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disarm

/dɪˈsɑːm/dih-SAHRM
/dɪˈsɑɹm/dih-SAHRM

Meaningto take weapons away

Common meaning: to take weapons away

‘apart, away’ + ‘weapons, gear of war’ → disarm

Journey through time

  1. Latinarma‘weapons, gear of war’
  2. Old Frenchdesarmersource
  3. Englishdisarm‘to take weapons away’ · today

dis- also in: discerndiscorddisdaindisgustdismiss

arm also in: armyarmourarmisticealarm

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin arma ‘weapons, gear of war’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry arma, p. 33 · dictionary scan; Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry ALARM, p. 14 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • arma Latin “weapons, gear of war”

Related words

alarmarmisticearmourarmsarmy

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