alarm.
alarm (device used to alarm people)
Meaning & usage
alarm (device used to alarm people)
alarm (sound used to alarm people)
alarm (state of being alerted)
alarm (fear, apprehension)
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Latin ad Italian a Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der. Proto-Italic *olnos Old Latin olle Latin ille Latin illam Italian la Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmos Proto-Italic *armosder. Latin arma Italian arme Italian allarmeder. Polish alarm Borrowed from French alarme or German Alarm, from Italian allarm. First attested in 1644–1660. Compare Kashubian alarm and Slovincian alarm.
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