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Where does “arriver” come from?

arriver (English) comes from English arrive, from Middle English arriven, from Old French ariver, from Latin adripo, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.

arriver (English): One who arrives; usually, one who arrives in a...

Definitions

  1. One who arrives; usually, one who arrives in a...

Ancestry of “arriver”, 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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →