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Where does “arbitrair” come from?

arbitrair (Dutch) comes from French arbitraire, from Italian arbitrario, from Latin arbitrarius, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.

arbitrair (Dutch): arbitrary; not confined by procedure or law, but...

Definitions

  1. arbitrary; not confined by procedure or law, but...

Ancestry of “arbitrair”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frencharbitrairearbitrary
2Italianarbitrarioarbitrary
3Latinarbitrariusarbitrating; arbitrary
4Latin-ārius—
5Proto-Italic*-āzios—
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