area

Latin

noun
Definitions
  • a piece of level ground, a vacant place (esp. in the town)
  • ground for a house, a building-spot
  • (figuratively) a vacant space around or in a house, a court
  • (figuratively) an open space for games, an open play-ground
  • (figuratively) a threshing floor
  • (figuratively) the halo around the sun or moon
  • (figuratively) a bed or border in a garden
  • (figuratively) a fowling-floor
  • (figuratively) a burying-ground, church-yard
  • (figuratively) a bald spot upon the head, baldness
  • (inflection of) ārea

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Italic *āzeā derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-e-yeh₂ inherited from Proto-Italic *āreā derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₂r-e-yeh₂.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*h₂eh₂r-e-yeh₂

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