Where does “arbitrage” come from?
Arbitrage comes from French arbitrage, formed by adding the suffix -age to French arbitrer (to arbitrate), which derives from Latin arbitror (to judge or decide), itself from Latin arbiter (judge), ultimately rooted in Proto-Indo-European -kos.
arbitrage (English): A market activity in which a security, commodity,...
Definitions
- A market activity in which a security, commodity,...
Ancestry of “arbitrage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | arbitrage | arbitration; arbitrage; trade-off |
| 2 | French | -age | Forming nouns with the sense of "action or result... |
| 3 | Middle French | -age | forms nouns with the sense of "action or result... |
| 4 | Old French | -age | forms nouns with the sense of 'action or result... |
| 5 | Old Occitan | -atge | suffix used to form masculine nouns |
| 6 | Latin | -āticum | — |