- a place shaded by trees or shrubs or, esp., by vines on a latticework; bower
- Obs.
- a garden or lawn
- an orchard
Origin of arbor
Middle English erber from Old French erbier, herbier from Late Latin herbarium, herbariumA grape arbor.
An example of an arbor is a latticework garden frame covered with vines over a patio.
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Origin of arbor
Middle English erber from Old French erbier, herbier from Late Latin herbarium, herbariumnoun
pl. ar′bo·res·Origin of arbor
L, a tree, beam: see arduousOrigin of arbor
French arbre, tree, axis from Classical Latin arbor: see arbor
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Origin of arbor
Middle English herber from Old French erbier garden from erbe herb ; see herb .noun
Origin of arbor
French arbre from Latin arbor tree
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(plural arbors or arbores)
Middle English arbour, from Old French erbier (“field, meadow, kitchen garden”), from erbe (“grass, herb”), from Latin herba (“grass, herb”) (English herb). (Compare Late Latin herbarium, although erbier is possibly an independent formation.) The phonetic change to ar- was influenced by Latin arbor (“tree”).
(plural arbors or arbores)
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