Where does “arbitrair” come from?
arbitrair (Dutch) comes from French arbitraire, from Italian arbitrario, from Latin arbitrarius, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
arbitrair (Dutch): arbitrary; not confined by procedure or law, but...
Definitions
- arbitrary; not confined by procedure or law, but...
Ancestry of “arbitrair”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | arbitraire | arbitrary |
| 2 | Italian | arbitrario | arbitrary |
| 3 | Latin | arbitrarius | arbitrating; arbitrary |
| 4 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |