re: #24 avanti

Sorry, it’s late and I’ve had a few beers.

The etymology:

ark

O.E. earc, mainly meaning Noah’s, from L. arca “large box, chest” (see arcane). Also borrowed in O.H.G. (arahha, Mod.Ger. Arche).

arcane

1540s, from L. arcanus “secret, hidden,” from arcere “close up, enclose, contain,” from arca “chest, box,” from PIE *ark- “to hold, contain, guard” (cf. Gk. arkos “defense,” arkein “to ward off;” Arm. argel “obstacle;” Lith. raktas “key,” rakinti “to shut, lock”).

or

from Middle English ark, arke, from Anglo-Saxon earc, erc, arc = Old Northumbrian arc, œrc = OFries. erke = Dutch ark = Old High German arka, archa, Middle High German G. arche = Icelandic rk = Danish Swedish ark = Gothic (Moesogothic) arka = Spanish Portuguese Italian arca = Provencal archa = Old French arche (later Middle English arche: see arch), modern F. arche = Gaelic Irish airc = Welsh arch; from Latin arca, a chest, box, coffer (in Vulgate of Noah’s ark and the ark of the covenant), from arcere, keep, = Greek ἀρκεῐν, keep off, suffice.