arbor
English
noun
Definitions
- A shady sitting place or pergola usually in a park or garden, surrounded by climbing shrubs, vines or other vegetation.
- A grove of trees.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English arbour derived from Old French erbier (field, kitchen garden, meadow) derived from Latin herba (grass, herb, vegetation, plant, weed), herbārium.
Origin
Latin
herbārium
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- arborcide English
- arbored English
- arborist English
- arborization English
- arborway English
- way English
- Paris herba, herba Paris (Herba Paris) Latin
- herba Latin
- herbaceus Latin
- herbaticum Latin
- herbeus Latin
- herbidus Latin
- herbitum Latin
- herbivorus Latin
- herbosus Latin
- herbula Latin
- herbālis Latin
- herbārium Latin
- herbāticum Latin
- par Latin
- Herbarium German
- herbárium Hungarian
- erba Italian
- erbario Italian
- herbarium Dutch, Flemish
- herbier French
- гербарий Russian
- hierba Spanish, Castilian
- yerba Spanish, Castilian
- *gʰreH₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʰreh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- erva Portuguese
- herbário Portuguese
- arbour Middle English
- erbe Old French
- erbier Old French
- herbo Esperanto
- iarbă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- erva Old Portuguese
- earbã Aromanian
- erva Romansh
- yerba Asturian
- jerbe Friulian
- erba Old Occitan
- erva Sicilian
- jarba Dalmatian
- harbe Bourguignon
- erbamédica Sardinian
- evera Neapolitan
- gièrba Istriot
- yerba Istriot