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a doorway made of branches, built to make standing under leaves feel like an event
means A shady garden structure or framework, often latticed and covered in climbing plants, that creates a sheltered, leafy spot to sit or walk beneath.
from From Old French 'erbier,' a field of herbs or grassy plot, rooted in Latin 'herba' (grass, herb). So the word began life green and low to the ground. Over time English speakers nudged the spelling toward Latin 'arbor' (tree) — a tidy accident of folk-influence, since the structures had grown up into something tree-like and shaded. The American sense of 'tree' in words like Arbor Day comes from that same Latin 'arbor,' a genuine cousin but arriving by its own path.
- latin root
- comes from arbor, simply meaning tree
- shaft sense
- also names the spinning axle inside machines
- arbor day
- a holiday invented purely to plant trees
- vs pergola
- smaller, arched, made for a single path
arbor day — annual tree-planting observance founded in 1872 in nebraska, now celebrated in 50+ countries
arbor vitae — evergreen coniferous tree species native to north america and eastern asia, used in landscaping