Where does “arbitra” come from?
arbitra (French) comes from French arbitrer, from Latin arbitror, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
arbitra (French): third-person singular past historic of arbitrer
Definitions
- third-person singular past historic of arbitrer
Ancestry of “arbitra”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | arbitrer | to arbitrate; to referee |
| 2 | Latin | arbitror | I judge; I witness, observe; I believe, think,... |
| 3 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |