Where does “arbitrate” come from?
arbitrate (Italian) comes from Italian arbitrato, from Italian arbitrare, from Latin arbitror, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
arbitrate (Italian): second-person plural present indicative of...
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- second-person plural present indicative of...
Ancestry of “arbitrate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | arbitrato | past participle of arbitrare; arbitration |
| 2 | Italian | arbitrare | to referee or umpire; to arbitrate |
| 3 | Latin | arbitror | I judge; I witness, observe; I believe, think,... |
| 4 | Latin | -ō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |