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Where does “arbitraire” come from?

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

arbitraire (French): arbitrary

Definitions

  1. arbitrary

Ancestry of “arbitraire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianarbitrarioarbitrary
2Latinarbitrariusarbitrating; arbitrary
3Latin-ārius—
4Proto-Italic*-āzios—

Words derived from “arbitraire”

  • arbitrary
  • arbitrarily
  • arbitrariness
  • nonarbitrary
  • arbit
  • nonarbitrariness
  • arbitrairement
  • arbiträr
  • arbitra
  • arbitrair
  • arbitrær
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