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Where does “nonarbitrary” come from?

nonarbitrary (English) comes from English arbitrary, from French arbitraire, from Italian arbitrario, from Latin arbitrarius, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.

nonarbitrary (English): Not arbitrary

Definitions

  1. Not arbitrary

Ancestry of “nonarbitrary”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglisharbitraryBased on individual discretion or judgment; not...
2Frencharbitrairearbitrary
3Italianarbitrarioarbitrary
4Latinarbitrariusarbitrating; arbitrary
5Latin-ārius—
6Proto-Italic*-āzios—
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →