arid
English
/ˈæ.ɹɪd/, /ˈæ.ɹɪd/, /ˈɛə.ɹɪd/
adj
Definitions
- Very dry.
- Describing a very dry climate. Typically defined as less than 25 cm or 10 inches of rainfall annually.
- (figurative) Devoid of value.
Etymology
Derived from French aride derived from Latin āridus (arid, dry, parched) root from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- (burn, ashes, hearth, glow, be become dry, be dry).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂eHs-
Gloss
burn, ashes, hearth, glow, be become dry, be dry
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- America English
- Aridoamerica English
- aridic English
- aridification English
- aridify English
- aridisol English
- aridity English
- aridly English
- aridness English
- constellationally English
- hyperarid English
- hyperaridity English
- nonarid English
- semi-arid English
- semiarid English
- subarid English
- ultrahyperarid English
- ara Latin
- ardens Latin
- ardentem Latin
- ardeo Latin
- ardeō Latin
- ardor Latin
- aridus Latin
- arsio Latin
- assus Latin
- cōnstēllātiō Latin
- ārentem Latin
- āridus Latin
- arido Italian
- aridocoltura Italian
- inaridire Italian
- inaridirsi Italian
- aride French
- aridité French
- hyperaride French
- árido Spanish, Castilian
- ἀζαλέος Ancient Greek
- ᾰ̓́στρον Ancient Greek
- *as-d- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eHs- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eHsh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂stḗr Proto-Indo-European
- árido Portuguese
- *askǭ Proto-Germanic
- axe Old English
- axen Middle English
- arinn Old Norse
- àrid Catalan, Valencian
- essa Old High German
- *kaski Proto-Finnic
- *HáHsas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *āzēō Proto-Italic
- ās- Tocharian B
- *ās- Proto-Tocharian
- *āstäre Proto-Tocharian