alarm
The origin and history of alarm.
Etymology
From Old Italian all'arme!, literally "to arms!" — a battle cry that passed through French into English as a single word.
The origin and history of alarm.
From Old Italian all'arme!, literally "to arms!" — a battle cry that passed through French into English as a single word.
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