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Where does “unarrest” come from?

unarrest (English) comes from English arrest, from Old French arester, from Vulgar Latin arresto, from Latin restō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro- — passed , crossed.

unarrest (English): To release from custody; The act of cancelling...

Definitions

  1. To release from custody; The act of cancelling...

Ancestry of “unarrest”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglisharrestA check, stop, an act or instance of arresting...
2Old Frencharesterto stop
3Vulgar LatinarrestoI cause to stop
4Latinrestō—
5Latinrĕ-—
6Latinprōdūcō—
7Latinprō-—
8Proto-Italic*pro-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
11Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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