Where does “arguido” come from?

arguido (English) comes from Portuguese arguido, from Portuguese argüir, from Latin arguō — to clarify, to make plain; to assert, declare, prove, show.

arguido (English): A person kept for questioning who is not a formal...

Definitions

  1. A person kept for questioning who is not a formal...

Ancestry of “arguido”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortuguesearguidoUnder the Portuguese legal system, a person kept...
2PortugueseargüirSuperseded spelling of arguir.
3Latinarguōto clarify, to make plain; to assert, declare, prove, show
Every word from Latin arguō →Every word from Portuguese argüir →Every word from Portuguese arguido →