Where does “arraignee” come from?
arraignee (English) comes from English arraign, from Middle English areynen, from Anglo-Norman areiner, from Old French araisnier, from Latin adrationare, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille — that.
arraignee (English): One who is arraigned
Definitions
- One who is arraigned
Ancestry of “arraignee”, step by step
arraignee traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English arraign
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | arraign | To officially charge someone in a court of law;... |
| 2 | Middle English | areynen | To interrogate or probe someone; to ask for an account |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | areiner | — |
| 4 | Old French | araisnier | to address (someone); to speak to (someone) |
| 5 | Latin | adrationare | — |
| 6 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 7 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 8 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 9 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |