Where does “arraign” come from?
Arraign comes from Middle English arreinen, from Old French araisnier, combining Old French a- (from Latin ad-) with Latin reor, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ád and -tis.
arraign (English): To officially charge someone in a court of law;...
Definitions
- To officially charge someone in a court of law;...
Ancestry of “arraign”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | areynen | To interrogate or probe someone; to ask for an account |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | areiner | — |
| 3 | Old French | araisnier | to address (someone); to speak to (someone) |
| 4 | Latin | adrationare | — |
| 5 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 6 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 7 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 8 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |