Where does “arbit” come from?

arbit (English) comes from English arbitrary, from French arbitraire, from Italian arbitrario, from Latin arbitrarius, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

arbit (English): Strange, random or weird

Definitions

  1. Strange, random or weird

Ancestry of “arbit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglisharbitraryBased on individual discretion or judgment; not...
2Frencharbitrairearbitrary
3Italianarbitrarioarbitrary
4Latinarbitrariusarbitrating; arbitrary
5Latin-āriuser
6Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios
arbit — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer