Where does “arbitration” come from?
Arbitration comes from Middle English arbitracion, from Old French arbitration, from Latin arbitratio, the noun form of arbitrari meaning to judge or decide, derived from arbiter meaning judge.
arbitration (English): The act or process of arbitrating; A process...
Definitions
- The act or process of arbitrating; A process...
Ancestry of “arbitration”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | arbitracion | — |
| 2 | Old French | arbitration | — |
| 3 | Latin | arbitratio | — |
| 4 | Latin | arbitrari | present active infinitive of arbitror; to be a... |
| 5 | Latin | arbitror | I judge; I witness, observe; I believe, think,... |
| 6 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |