arch (arch-shaped arrangement of trapezoidal stones, designed to redistribute downward force outward, or other similar architectural element) · vault (arched roof or ceiling, or a masonry structure supporting and forming this) · bridge (construction spanning a divide and allowing for the passage of traffic)
köken: Possibly from Vulgar Latin *volvita, alteration of Latin volūta, from volvere (“turn”), but this presents serious phonetic difficulties. Compare Portuguese abóbada. More likely of Germanic origin, from a Gothic *𐌱𐌿𐍅𐌹𐌸𐌰 (*buwiþa), from a derivative of Proto-Germanic *būaną (“to dwell reside, build”). Doublet of voluta.
aile: abovedar, bóveda celeste, bóveda de cañón, bovedilla, embovedar
köken: From Aramaic גִּישְׁרָא / גִּשְׁרָא (gišrā) / ܓܫܪܐ (gešrā), with Hebrew גֶּשֶׁר (géšer) from Akkadian 𒄀𒅖𒊒 (gišru, “bridge”). Note the meaning “timber, beam” in Syriac – originally the Arabic word meant a wooden bridge in distinction from a stone bridge قَنْطَرَة (qanṭara). The word has a derivation in Akkadian from 𒄑𒃡 (GIŠ.ÙR), 𒄑𒃡𒋗 (GIŠ.ŠU.ÙR /gušūru, gašūru/, “tree-trunk; felled log, timber;…
köken: From Proto-Turkic *köpür (“bridge”). Alternatively, derivation from Ancient Greek γέφυρα (géphura, “dam, bridge”) has been suggested. Cognate with Kazakh көпір (köpır), Karakalpak көпир (köpir), Karachay-Balkar кёпюр (köpür), and Chuvash кӗпер (kĕp̬er, “bridge”). Note that many cognates (listed below) in fact come from the alternative archetype *köpürüg (“bridge”). Cognates * Old Turkic [script…
köken: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἄκανθα f (ákantha). Sense for architecture, semantic loan from French acanthe < Latin acanthus from Ancient Greek ἄκανθος m (ákanthos) for which also see άκανθος m (ákanthos). Also see αγκάθι n (agkáthi, “thorn”).
a deck · the floor of a vehicle, particularly the entryway of a rail car · a flat (area on a roof, particularly the accessible platform on a roof of an airport or dock facility)
köken: From English deck, with the deck of a ship sense possibly from Dutch dek.
köken: Borrowed from Classical Persian پل (pul), from Middle Persian 𐭯𐭥𐭧𐭫𐭩 (pʿḥly /puhl/), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pártuš, from Proto-Indo-European *pértus. Cognate of English port and fjord. Compare Bengali পুল (pul), Bhojpuri पुल (pul), Gujarati પુલ (pul), Marathi पूल (pūl), Nepali पुल (pul), Odia ପୋଲ (pola), Punjabi ਪੁਲ (pul), Santali ᱯᱚᱞ (pôl), Sylheti ꠙꠥꠟ (ful).