artus.
arm/leg/limb, joint, part of the body; frame (pl.), body; sexual members/organs;
Meaning & usage
narrow; close; fitted; confined; dense
severe; strict; scanty; brief
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Proto-Italic *artos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂r̥-tó-s (“fitted”), from the root *h₂er- (“to join, fit (together)”). Cognates include Sanskrit ऋ॒त (ṛtá, “order; right”) and Avestan 𐬀𐬴𐬀 (aṣ̌a, “truth”).
a joint
sinew, strength, power
the limbs
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Proto-Italic *artus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂r-tú-s (“that which is fit together; juncture; ordering”), from the root *h₂er- (“to join; to fit”); thus, ultimately from the same root as the “close” sense of Etymology 1). Cognates include Sanskrit ऋ॒तु (ṛtú, “right time; order; rule”), Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρτῡ́ς (ărtū́s, “arranging; arrangement”) and Old Armenian արդ (ard, “ornament; shape”). From the same root also ars, artis (“art”) and arma (“armor”).
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