Where does “arrière” come from?

arrière (French) comes from Old French ariere, from Vulgar Latin ad retro, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.

arrière (French): back; rear; fullback; shooting guard

Definitions

  1. back; rear; fullback; shooting guard

Ancestry of “arrière”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchariereAlternative form of arire
2Vulgar Latinad retroto the rear
3LatinAdtoward, to
4Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
5Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
6LatinolleArchaic form of ille
7Proto-Italic*olnosthat

Words derived from “arrière”

Every word from Proto-Italic *olnos →Every word from Latin olle →Every word from Latin ille →