arto.
to draw or press close together, fit, compress, contract, tighten
Meaning & usage
to draw or press close together, fit, compress, contract, tighten
to draw or press close together, fit, compress, contract, tighten to contract, straiten, limit, curtail, reduce
to finish, conclude
to abridge
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Latin artus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin artō From artus (“close, narrow, confined; strict, severe, brief”) + -ō (verbal suffix).
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