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Where does “arrival” come from?

Arrival comes from English arrive, from Vulgar Latin arripo, from Latin ad- meaning "to," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ád.

arrival (English): The act of arriving or something that has...

Definitions

  1. The act of arriving or something that has...

Ancestry of “arrival”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglisharriveTo reach; to get to a certain place; To obtain a...
2Middle Englisharriven—
3Old Frenchariverto arrive
4Latinadripo—
5Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
6Latinīn-—
7Latinîn—
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “arrival”

  • arr
  • interarrival
  • nonarrival
  • prearrival
  • rearrival
  • superarrival
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