aráto

champion, eminent man

aráto noun "champion, eminent man" (SA:ar(a) )

aráto

noun. champion, eminent man, noble, lord, king

Derivations

• ✶árātō “lord” ✧ PE17/118
  • √RĀ/ARA “noble, high, royal” ✧ PE17/118
• √ARAT “good, excellent, noble” ✧ PE17/147; SA/ar(a)

Element in

• Q. Ambaráto “*High Champion”
• Q. Angaráto “*Iron Champion” ✧ SA/ar(a)
• Q. Findaráto “*[Golden] Hair Champion” ✧ SA/ar(a)

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶árātō > aratō	[arātō] > [aratō] > [arato]	✧ PE17/118
√ARAT > arato	[arato]	✧ PE17/147
√arat- > aráto	[arā́to]	✧ SA/ar(a)

Variations

• aratō ✧ PE17/118
• arato ✧ PE17/147

arato

noble

arato noun "a noble" (PE17:147), in PE17:118 given as aratō and there glossed "lord" (often = "king"). Cf. aráto. The form cited in the latter source, aratō with a long final vowel, is evidently very archaic (compare Enderō under Ender); later the vowel would become short. (PE17:118)

Ara-

noble

Ara-, ar- a prefixed form of the stem Ara- "noble" (PM:344). In the masc. names Aracáno "high chieftain", mothername (amilessë, q.v.) of Fingolfin (PM:360, cf. 344), Arafinwë "Finarfin" (MR:230)

arquen

noble

arquen noun "a noble" (WJ:372), "knight" (PE17:147)