ambry

Meaninga storage chest

Common meaning: a cupboard, especially in a church

ambrya storage chestSkeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), p. 20 · scan

Journey through time

Latinarmarium‘a storage chest’source
Old Frenchmeaning shiftsa storage chest → cupboardarmarie‘cupboard’source
Englishambry‘a cupboard, especially in a church’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin armarium ‘a storage chest’.

Roots

armarium Latin “a storage chest”

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