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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...

Definitions

  1. second-person plural present indicative of...

Ancestry of “arbitrate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianarbitratopast participle of arbitrare; arbitration
2Italianarbitrareto referee or umpire; to arbitrate
3LatinarbitrorI judge; I witness, observe; I believe, think,...
4Latin-ō—
5Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →