Question

Arcade

Accepted Answer

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionaryar·cade \är-ˈkād\ noun ETYMOLOGY  French, from Italian arcata, from arco arch, from Latin arcus
 DATE  1725
1. a long arched building or gallery2. an arched covered passageway or avenue (as between shops)3. a series of arches with their columns or piers4. an amusement center having coin-operated games
English Etymologyarcade  1731, from It. arcata "arch of a bridge," from arco "arc," from L. arcus (see arc). Applied to passages formed by a succession of arches, avenues of trees, and ultimately to any covered avenue, especially one lined with shops (1731) or amusements; hence arcade game (1977).
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7arcadear·cade / B:5keid; NAmE B:r5k- / noun1. a covered passage with arches along the side of a row of buildings (usually a row of shops / stores)   拱廊,拱廊通道(常指一排商店门前的带顶走道)2. a covered passage between streets, with shops / stores on either side   拱廊商店街(设于两街之间,两侧均有商店)3. (also 'shopping arcade) (both BrE) a large building with a number of shops / stores in it   商场；购物中心；商业中心⇨ compare shopping mall 4. = amusement arcade :   arcade games    游戏机室游戏 
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, UnabridgedSearch result show the entry is found in: intersecting arcade , or nave arcade , or penny arcade , or wall arcadear·cadeI. \(ˈ)är|kād, (ˈ)ȧ|k-\ noun(-s)Etymology: French, from (assumed) Italian dialect (northern) arcada, from Italian arco arch, bow, arc (from Latin arcus) + -ada -ade (from Late Latin -ata) — more at arrow1.  a. obsolete : an arched or vaulted place : an arched opening with its structural parts b. : a long arched building or gallery2.  a. : an arched or curved passageway or avenue b. : a covered passageway along which rows of shops are located3. : a series of arches with the columns or piers that support them, the spandrels above, and other necessary appurtenances, sometimes open and serving as an entrance or to give light, sometimes closed at the back and forming a decorative feature4. anatomy  a. : a structure comprising a series of arches b. : dental archII. noun: an amusement center having coin-operated games

A Arcade Arched An Covered Shops Noun Latin