Meaning and Origin
What does the name Arbor mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
User Submitted Origins
Etymology: OE. herber herbere, properly a garden of herbs, F. herbier, fr. L. herbarium. See Herb, and cf. Herbarium
- [Bot] A tree, as distinguished from a shrub.
- [Mech]
Etymology: Cf. F. arbre
- An axle or spindle of a wheel or opinion.
- A mandrel in lathe turning.
- An axle or spindle of a wheel or opinion.
Etymology: L., a tree, a beam
- A framework that supports climbing plants ("the arbor provided a shady resting place in the park")
- Any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts
- Tree (as opposed to shrub)
From Middle English arbour, erbour, from Old French erbier (“field, meadow, kitchen garden”), from erbe (“grass, herb”), from Latin herba (“grass, herb”) (English herb). (Compare Late Latin herbārium, although erbier is possibly an independent formation.) The spelling was influenced by Latin arbor (“tree”).
- A shady sitting place, usually in a park or garden, and usually surrounded by climbing shrubs or vines and other vegetation.
- A grove of trees.
Borrowing from French arbre (“tree, axis”), spelling influenced by Latin arbor (“tree”).
- An axis or shaft supporting a rotating part on a lathe.
- A bar for supporting cutting tools.
- A spindle of a wheel.
arbor was also found in the following language(s): Latin, Old Spanish, and Romanian