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[English Etymology] *ar- "arm, upper limb, to fit together" 💪 ⚔ 🔩

 *ar- "arm, upper limb, to fit together"   💪 ⚔ 🔩


Eng arm "upper limb of the human body"
       Old English earm
           Proto-Germanic *armaz


Eng arm "weapon"
        Old French armes "arms, weapons; war, warfare"
                       Latin arma "weapons (including armor), "tools of war"
                             PIE *ar(ə)mo-,


 Old French harmoniearmonie "harmony, the musical instrument (12c.)"
               Latin harmonia 
                    Greek harmonia "agreement, concord of sounds, means of joining ship-planks etc.; settled government, order," 
                                   harmos "fastenings of a door; joint, shoulder"

[English Etymology] *m(e)ith- "to exchange, remove"

*m(e)ith- "to exchange, remove" 


Eng premise "a previous proposition from which another follows," 
     Old French premisse (14c.), 
           Medieval Latin premissa "set before," 
                                 Latin praemittere "send forward, put before," = prae  + mittere 


Eng premises "matter previously stated" (early 15c.), which in deeds or wills often was a house or building, hence → house or building with grounds (1730)."

[English Etymology] (s)keu- "to cover, conceal." ☁ ⚱

(s)keu- "to cover, conceal" ☁ ⚱


Eng sky "a cloud," 
    Old Norse sky "cloud," 
            Proto-Germanic *skeujam "cloud, cloud cover" 

[English Etymology] *pag- "to fasten" 🥋➰➿

*pag- "to fasten." 🥋➰




Middle French page,
     Old French pagene "page, text" (12c.), 
                   Latin pagina "page, leaf of paper, strip of papyrus fastened to others," 
                               pangere "to fasten"


Mid Eng pageant "play in a cycle of mystery plays; stage or scene of a play" (late 14c.), showy parade (1805)
      Medieval Latin pagina 
                         ?Latin pagina "page of a book (manuscript of a play)"

[English Etymology] *per- "forward, before, to lead, pass over, to try, to strike,to sell" 🏃

*per-  "forward, in front, before, to lead, pass over, to try, to risk, to strike, to hand over, to sell"  🏃


Eng frame
Old English framian "to profit, be helpful, avail, benefit, prepare timber for building (14c.)
fram (adj., adv.) "active, vigorous, bold; going forward,"


Eng from
   Old English fram
          Proto-Germanic *fra "forward, away from" 
                                    PIE *pro-mo-


Eng experience
     Latin experientia "a trial, proof, experiment; knowledge gained by repeated trials,"  
                    experientem "experienced, enterprising, active, industrious," (present participle)
                              experiri "to try, test," = ex peritus "experienced, tested"


Latin experimentum "a trial, test, proof, experiment," (noun of action)
               experiri 



[English Etymology] *ten- "to stretch" 🙆

 *ten- "to stretch." 🙆




Eng contain
  Old French contenir
                Latin continere "to hold together, enclose" = com tenere 


Eng contend
   Old French contendre
                Latin contendere "to stretch out, strive after," = com tendere


Latin continentem (present participle) "holding together, continuous"  
             continere "hold together" 

[English Etymology] *ne- "not." ❎⛔🚫

 *ne- "not." ❎⛔🚫


Eng naught "evil, an evil act (mid-14c); nothingness (c. 1400); the number zero (early 15c)" 
       Old English nawiht "nothing (no whit)" = na  + wiht "thing, creature, being (see wight)"

Eng no
   Old English na (adv.) "no, never, not at all," = ne  + "ever, *aiwi-, *aiw-"

Mid Eng not (mid-13c.)
   unstressed variant of nohtnaht "in no way" 




Old English nawþer
                         nahwæþer "not of two," = na  + hwæþer "which of two, whether".