archery

noun
/ˈɑɹt͡ʃəɹiː/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷ- Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷos Proto-Italic *arkuos Vulgar Latin arcus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āsjos Vulgar Latin -arius Vulgar Latin arcuārius Vulgar Latin *arcārius Old French archier Old French archeriebor. Middle English archerie English archery From Middle English archerie, from Old French archerie, from archier (“archer”). Equivalent to archer + -ery.

  1. derived from archerie
  2. inherited from archerie

Definitions

  1. The practice or sport of shooting arrows with a bow.

  2. A group of archers.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for archery. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA