## Meanings
1. Weapons, especially guns, considered as a group.
2. The official symbol or design representing a family, city, or country (coat of arms).

## Examples
- The soldiers were ordered to lay down their arms and surrender.
- The arms of the city show a golden lion on a red shield.

## Derived Forms
- antiarms
- armsbearing
- armshouse
- armsmaker

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: armes
- Root: *h₂er-mo-

## Etymology
From Middle English armes, from Old French armes, from Latin arma (“weapons”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-mo-, a suffixed form of *h₂er- (“to fit together”), hence ultimately cognate with etymology 2.

## AI Etymology
Arms is from Middle English armes, from Old French armes, from Latin arma (“weapons”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-mo-, a suffixed form of *h₂er- (“to fit together”), hence ultimately cognate with etymology 2. Important recorded forms include armes (Middle English) and *h₂er-mo- (Proto-Indo-European). Current senses include weapons, especially guns, considered as a group and the official symbol or design representing a family, city, or country (coat of arms). The wider family includes derived forms such as antiarms, armsbearing, armshouse, and armsmaker.

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