From Middle English aren, from Old English earun, earon, reinforced by Old Norse plural forms in er- (displacing alternative Old English sind and bēoþ), from Proto-Germanic *arun, from Proto-Germanic *esi/*izi (a form of Proto-Germanic *wesaną), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti. Cognate with Old Norse eru (> Icelandic eru, Swedish är, Danish er), Old English eart. More at art.
From French are.
From Middle English are, ore, ōr, from Old English ār, from Proto-West Germanic *aiʀu, from Proto-Germanic *aizō, from *ais-. Cognate with Dutch eer, German Ehre.
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