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arma
Latin · ancient
"weapons, arms"
weapons, arms, combined with dis- (apart, away)
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desarmer
Old French · medieval
"to take away someone's weapons"
carried into French for taking away someone's weapons
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disarm
English · 1400s
"to remove weapons from someone, or to ease hostility"
settled as the English word for removing weapons from someone, or easing hostility
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