Where does “Arrest” come from?

Arrest (German) comes from Middle French arrest, from Middle French arrester, from Old French arester, from Vulgar Latin arresto, from Latin restō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō- — passed , crossed.

Arrest (German): arrest, confinement, detention

Definitions

  1. arrest, confinement, detention

Ancestry of “Arrest”, step by step

Arrest traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French arrest

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frencharrestarrest
2Middle Frencharresterto stop
3Old Frencharesterto stop
4Vulgar LatinarrestoI cause to stop
5Latinrestōto stand firm; to stay behind
6Latinrĕ-back, backwards
7Latinprōdūcōto lead or bring forth, forward or out
8Latinprō-forward direction, forward movement
9Proto-Italic*pro-pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
12Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
13Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via Medieval Latin arrestum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinarrestum—

Words derived from “Arrest”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European per- →Every word from Latin rĕ- →